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May 13 4 tweets 1 min read
BREAKING: University Park Campus and USC Village are closed to "everyone" amid an ongoing pro-Palestinian protest outside the Shrine Auditorium on Royal Street and Jefferson Boulevard, a TrojansAlert message announced Sunday evening. Demonstrators are protesting Pomona College's commencement ceremony, which is taking place at Shrine Auditorium.
May 5 7 tweets 1 min read
The encampment protest at USC has been cleared as of approximately 5 a.m. Sunday. The Daily Trojan has just learned that students and faculty who were present at the encampment during its dispersal are now being barred from entering campus. More in thread: Though no arrests were made, their student ID numbers, driver’s license information and home addresses were recorded as the Department of Public Safety and Los Angeles Police Department dispersed the protest at Alumni Park.
May 1 10 tweets 2 min read
Another set of dueling statements from USC and encampment organizers after they met for the second time today for negotiations - more in thread: President Carol Folt wrote in a statement Tuesday afternoon that they "seemed more interested in having me issue a political statement in support of their viewpoint as opposed to coming up with practical solutions to resolve the situation."