WITH THE LATEST TO ERIC. >> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON CARE JUST WRAPPED UP THEIR PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE ENCAMPMENTS FORMING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION. >> BEN BRADLEY: CHICAGO STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THESE BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS STUDENTS IN CHICAGO AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THEIR PEACEFUL NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS AND EVERYONE CARE. CHICAGO SAYS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FILLING A LEADERSHIP VOID IN THIS COUNTRY WHOSE CURRENT LEADERS ARE CORRUPTED BY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS. >> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS THESE ENCAMPMENTS IN PROTESTS ARE NOT ANTI SEMITIC AND ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE PROTESTS THAT TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES SPECIFICALLY FOR UNIVERSITIES TO DIVEST FROM SOUTH AFRICA OVER APARTHEID. THEY SAY IT'S NOT ANTI SEMITIC TO CRITIQUE ISRAEL'S POLICIES. MEANWHILE, AND NORTHWESTERN, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS CAME LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER DEMONSTRATORS SET UP CAMP ON CAMPUS. PART OF THAT DEAL INCLUDES THE UNIVERSITY MAKING ITS INVESTMENTS MORE TRANSPARENT CREATE SAFE PLACES FOR MUSLIM STUDENTS SENSE. AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, MICHAEL SCHILL RELEASED A VIDEO MESSAGE DEFENDING THE UNIVERSITY'S DECISION SAYING THE SCHOOL SUCCESSFULLY DE-ESCALATED THE SITUATION WHILE CONDEMNING HATE OF ANY KIND, AT LEAST 2 LAWSUITS HAVE NOW BEEN FILED AGAINST UNIVERSITY, ONE BY NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS. THE SECOND WAS FILED BY THE EQUAL PROTECTION PROJECT SAYING THE UNIVERSITY'S DEAL VIOLATED FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS. YESTERDAY, 7 MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY'S COMMITTEE ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND HATE RESIGNED THEIR POSTS SAYING THEY WEREN'T CONSULTED BEFORE THE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED. >> I'M GLAD THAT IT'S PEACEFUL AND THEY BLITZED THE FACT THAT UNIVERSITY WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT END UP. ONE BUT, YOU KNOW, COMPANY STAY THERE. BUT THEN SOMETHING THERE. BUT THE CHANCES TO BE THERE AND THE SIGNS THAT ACCORDING FULL DESTRUCTION PHASE YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE HERE AND THERE TO EACH STUDENT'S TO ME THAT THAT AFRAID TO WALK BY THE INCUMBENT 2 STUDENTS TO NOT GO TO THE LIBRARY BECAUSE OF THE OF COURSE, THE INCUMBENT EVEN NOW. >> ENCAMPMENTS ARE STILL IN PLACE ON THE CAMPUSES OF THE UNIVERSI
