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By: Rudy Miller | For lehighvalleylive.com
Hundreds rally at Lehigh amid nationwide campus demands to aid Palestinians
Lafayette College warned a handful of students about engaging in “disruptive activities” after a recent pro-Palestine demonstration.
One of the student organizers fears the Easton college’s administration overreacted to a peaceful demonstration because of violence and dissent at campuses across the country that has led to more than 1,000 student arrests.
A Lafayette College spokesman, meanwhile, says the school respects the students’ right to free speech but is duty-bound to investigate complaints about protesters accused of violating the school’s code of conduct.
The Lafayette student protester, who asked to be identified as “Lindsay,” said the biggest college student-led, pro-Palestine demonstration yet in the Lehigh Valley is planned for Friday afternoon at Lehigh University in Bethlehem.
She plans to join college students from around the Lehigh Valley at the event.
“The trend of repression about this issue is why we found it so important to be in solidarity both with Palestinians and with other student organizers,” she said.
Source:
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2024/05/no-arrests-but-gaza-demonstrations-at-local-colleges-have-protesters-and-administrators-on-edge.html