ENCAMPMENT AHEAD OF GRADUATION. WELL, DOUG TUFTS UNIVERSITY SAYS IT NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR GRADUATION. AND SO TODAY, STAFF IS GOING TO REACH OUT AND SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE ENCAMPMENT TO CLEAR IT. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IN A STATEMENT ON ITS WEBSITE, UNIVERSITY CITY LEADERS WRITE IN PART, OUR STAFF HAVE TRIED TO MAINTAIN OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE SAFETY AND ENFORCE POLICIES AND AVOID THE ESCALATION WE'VE SEEN AT THE OTHER UNIVERSITIES OVER THE WEEKEND, WE SAW MORE PEOPLE TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY AS THE AT THE ENCAMPMENT AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, THE COLLEGE SAYS. ANTI-SEMITIC CHANTS FORCED THEM TO CLEAR OUT PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, MIT'S PRESIDENT RELEASED A VIDEO SAYING ITS ENCAMPMENT MUST COME DOWN SOON BUT DID NOT GIVE A TIMELINE. LAST NIGHT, MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE JOINED A COLLEGE STUDENT RALLY HOLDING SIGNS FOR ISRAEL AND THEIRIR ALMA MATERS. I THINK THAT EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS, BUT WHEN A LOT OF THAT INVOLVES HATRED TOWARDS ANOTHER GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. IF WE CAN LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE STATE OF ISRAEL, IT'S STAND OUR GROUND IN UNFRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S WHAT COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE NOW. WE MUST STAND OUR GROUND. OVER AT HARVARD YARD. THE PALESTINE FLAG WAS RAISED NEAR A STUDENT ENCAMPMENT YESTERDAY. A STUDENT TELLS US THE FLAG WAS TAKEN DOWN SHORTLY AFTER. NOW, YOU MAY RECALL EMERSON COLLEGE CLEARING OUT BOSTON POLICE, CLEARING OUT PROTESTERS AT EMERSON COLLEGE LAST WEEK. THE COLLEGE SAYS IT WILL NOT DISCIPLINE STUDENT PROTESTERS, AND IT IS ALSO ASKING THE DA TO DISMISS ANY CHARGES. LIVE AT TUFTS
