[UPDATE 7:50 p.m.: Officer Reports They are Running Out of Equipment] Pro Palestinian Protesters Occupy Siemens Hall at Cal Poly


by Redheaded Blackbelt

Redheaded Blackbelt— This is part of a swelling movement at college campuses across the nation.

SFGate—Cal Poly Humboldt students barricade themselves in large pro-Palestinian protest. LATEST April 23, 12:30 p.m. Officials at Cal Poly Humboldt confirmed to SFGATE that three students were arrested in a major pro-Palestinian protest. Protesters barricaded themselves inside Siemens Hall Monday evening. The building was shut down after they did not leave, Aileen Yoo, a university spokesperson, told SFGATE. The university is “concerned about the safety of students who remain in the building” and is asking them to leave, Yoo said. “We support free speech through open dialogue...

FOX40—Cal Poly Humboldt closes after pro-Palestinian protesters barricade themselves inside building. The Cal Poly Humboldt campus in Northern California has closed after several student protesters occupied a building Monday night. The campus said it would be closed through Wednesday. Several pro-Palestinian student protesters entered Siemens Hall on Monday evening and have refused to leave. Local media reports say that chairs and other furniture have been stacked []

San Gabriel Valley Tribune—Pro-Palestinian students set up tents at UC Riverside, protest at Cal Poly Pomona. UC Riverside students have joined campuses across the country by staging a Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Monday, April 29. Elsewhere in the...