NOW YOU HAVE MORE PROTESTS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED AS GRADUATION CEREMONIES START TO GET UNDERWAY. >> YEAH. HERE IN THE BAY AREA, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING ENCAMPMENTS AT UC BERKELEY, STANFORD, SAN FRANCISCO STATE AND SONOMA STATE. ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER TIM JOHNS IS HERE WITH THE VERY LATEST. TIM. >> YEAH. KRISTIN. NOW, IN CONTRAST TO SOME OF THE SCENES WE'VE WITNESSED ON CAMPUSES IN PLACES LIKE NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES, THE ENCAMPMENTS HERE IN THE BAY AREA HAVE BEEN COMPARATIVELY QUIET AND RESPECTFUL, AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS TELL ME THEY DON'T THINK THESE ENCAMPMENTS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES. THE TENTS ARE STILL UP AT UNIVERSITY ENCAMPMENTS AROUND THE BAY AREA, FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE OVER TO UC BERKELEY AND STANFORD UP TO SONOMA STATE. STUDENTS STEADFAST IN THEIR PROTESTS OF THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR AND CALLING ON THEIR SCHOOLS TO ACT. >> THIS RIGHT NOW IS REALLY A MOMENT IN HISTORY, TRULY, I BELIEVE, AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE ENCAMPMENT IS NOW ENTERING ITS SECOND WEEK. >> STUDENTS THERE MAKING DEMANDS SIMILAR TO OTHER UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE HAVING THEIR SCHOOL DIVEST FROM COMPANIES THAT DO BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST LISTENING. >> WE WANT TO HEAR CLEARLY WHAT THEY ARE AND THEN THINK THROUGH HOW WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE AS A CAMPUS TO THAT. >> IN CONTRAST TO SCENES AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE NATION, ENCAMPMENTS HERE IN THE BAY AREA HAVE REMAINED LARGELY PEACEFUL. AT UC BERKELEY, PROTESTERS TELL US THEY BELIEVE MOST OF THE ENCAMPMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE THE SAME. THEY THINK IT'S THE VARYING RESPONSES BY UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE CAUSED THE DIFFERENT OUTCOMES THE UNIVERSITY HAS UH- TO UPHOLD THIS. >> KIND OF IDEA THAT THEY UPHOLD, LIKE FREE SPEECH VALUES. UC BERKELEY IS KNOWN FOR ITS FREE SPEECH VALUES, QUOTE UNQUOTE. >> EARLIER IN THE WEEK, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION VISITED THE PROTEST AREA AT BERKELEY. THE ORGANIZATION SAYING THEY WANTED TO INFORM THE STUDENTS WHAT RIGHTS THEY HAVE WHILE PROTESTING AND WHAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL. >> THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR FREE SPEECH ARE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL, BUT THEY ARE NOT ABSOLUTE. >> WITH THINGS REMAINING RELATIVELY QUIET, BOTH SONOMA STATE AND UC BERKELEY SAY THEY PLAN ON HAVING GRADUATION CEREMONIES AS NORMAL, EVEN THOUGH THEY TELL US THEY ARE PREPARED FOR ALL SCENARIOS. >> UC BERKELEY HAS LONG EXPERIENCE WITH PROTESTS, ACTIVITY AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES OVER THE YEARS. THERE'S ALWAYS SOME SORT OF PROTEST, SO WE ARE PREPARED FOR THIS YEAR. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT WILL HAPPEN NOW. >> A SPOKESPERSON FOR UC BERKELEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS CREATED A NEW BUDDY SYSTEM IN RECENT DAYS. THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS THAT ANY PERSON WHO FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE CROSSING THE CAMPUS CAN HAVE A PARTNER WALK WITH THE
