Pro-Palestinian student protests: Colleges urge protesters to clear out encampments

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• Around 40 people were arrested for establishing encampment at joint campus of 3 universities in Denver
• Organizers of Emory protests call for "end to police brutality and release of arrestees"
• George Washington Preparatory High School
• Ashley Judd, Aloe Blacc open up about deaths of Naomi Judd, Avicii in White House visit
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Washington was the only American president who never lived in the White House. When George Washington became president in 1789, he moved to New York, then the capital of the United States. According to Mount Vernon, the first presidential house was too small, and they had to move to a second one. In 1790, Philadelphia became the capital, and the presidential residence was an elegant three-story brick house at Sixth and Market Streets. Washington described it as "the best single house in the city" (via National Park Service). President John Adams would also live there for part of his time in office.

Around 40 people were arrested for establishing encampment at joint campus of 3 universities in Denver

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A State Department spokesperson said Thursday that the Biden administration supports the right to protest peacefully. The University of Southern California canceled its main commencement ceremony for 2024 graduating students in May, citing "new safety measures in place." The mayor's spokesman, Zach Seidl, released a statement Sunday, saying, "The mayor is grateful to LAPD for responding and arresting the suspect." "There were no injuries to the occupants during this incident," the LAPD said in a statement Sunday, adding, "The suspect was taken into custody without incident." Meanwhile, a legal group representing pro-Palestinian students is urging the U.S.

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George Washington's Mount Vernon is the riverside home of our nation's first president, George Washington. The estate includes a Mansion, four gardens and historic outbuildings where enslaved people made tools and textiles, cared for livestock and processed food. At the New Tomb, guests can visit the final resting place of George and Martha Washington, where wreath-laying ceremonies take place year-round. George Washington's Mount Vernon is open 365 days a year.Mount Vernon is embarking on a multi-year preservation project to safeguard George Washington’s Mansion for generations to come. As work progresses through the house, individual rooms will be temporarily taken off display.

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Visit /Revitalization for details.From July 8, 2024, through 2025, the Education Center exhibit on George Washington’s life will be closed for an extensive rebuild. Mount Vernon is the former plantation estate and burial location of George Washington, the American Revolutionary War general and the first President of the United States, his wife Martha and 20 other Washington family members. The current estate—which is open to visitors—includes a mansion, gardens, tombs, a working farm, a functioning distillery and gristmill, plus a museum and education center. The planned design included a framework of the house, LED screens, and other audiovisual elements explaining its history, including stories of Washington's slaves.

"Our students and their families and friends deserve nothing less. We invite the entire community to join us in this endeavor peacefully and responsibly." "We are committed to maintaining an environment that will allow our students to finish the academic year strong and for the entire community to celebrate the class of 2024 at Commencement without disruptions," the message says. The university went on to say that "recent exchanges have been markedly different as the protesters have sought to escalate and disrupt normal university activity." Debates over the mural date to 1968, when Black, Asian and Chicano students protested the demeaning portrayals of Black and Native Americans, according to the court order.

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Aerial photos from CNN affiliate KCAL show people sitting scattered throughout Royce Quad with tents Thursday. Access to Royce Hall and Powell Library are restricted but campus life will continue as usual and "classes will be held as planned," according to the update. An encampment has been formed at Northeastern University in Boston, where dozens of protesters can be seen forming a human chain around several tents. Its main stage ceremony traditionally brought all 65,000 students and their families together. The university said it would host "new activities and celebrations" to ensure the weekend would still be "meaningful, memorable and uniquely USC." A class-action lawsuit on behalf of Jewish students alleges a breach of contract by Columbia, claiming the university failed to maintain a safe learning environment, despite policies and promises.

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In the letter to student protesters at Columbia, school officials noted that exams are beginning and graduation is upcoming. At least 55 Barnard students were placed on interim suspension for participating in Columbia’s protest encampment, according to a statement from Barnard’s Student Government Association. Barnard College said it reached resolutions with “nearly all students who were previously placed on interim suspension” for participating in the protest encampment on Columbia’s campus. Around 40 of the approximately 100 people who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment at the Auraria Campus in Denver were arrested Friday, the campus said in a statement. The flurry of protests has presented a steep challenge for university leaders, as some Jewish students say they have faced harassment and antisemitic comments. The school’s vice chancellor for strategic communications, Mary Osako, confirmed in a statement that demonstrators had “breached” a barrier between the groups, and that there were “physical altercations” between protesters.

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The protests also made some Jewish students deeply uncomfortable, he said. At the University of Texas at Austin, an attorney said at least 40 demonstrators had been arrested Monday, some of them by officers in riot gear who encircled about 100 sitting protesters, dragging or carrying them out one by one amid screams. Another group of demonstrators trapped police and a van full of arrestees between buildings, creating a mass of bodies pushing and shoving and prompting the officers to use pepper spray and flash-bang devices to clear the crowd.

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At Mount Vernon that meant expanding the footprint of the home and the property itself. In fact, Washington added 8,000 square feet to the original house and 4,000 acres to the original property. As mentioned, the distillery and grist mill are a few miles away from the Mount Vernon estate. The Washington Tomb is where George and Martha Washington are buried along with some family members. Agriculture and fishing provided a profitable enterprise for Washington. There are several places at Mount Vernon for visitors to learn more about these enterprises.

We recommend reserving in advance online to receive your desired tour time. On busy days, including on weekends, the first available Mansion tour may be 2 hours or more after your arrival. Lawrence Washington died of tuberculosis in July of 1752 and left Mount Vernon to Sarah, his only living child. His will also stated that if Sarah died without offspring the property would go to Lawrence’s wife, Anne Fairfax Washington. Sarah died only two years later without any children, so Anne inherited Mount Vernon.

Just three years later, she died, and the property passed to George’s nephew. Ownership continued through successive family members until the mid-19th century. There are numerous outbuildings to visit including those for trades (like shoemaking, blacksmithing, washing, and spinning thread and yarn) as well as the kitchen, slave quarters, coach house, stable, and barn.

It also challenges the move away from in-person classes and seeks quick court action requiring Columbia to provide security for the students. “We urge you to remove the encampment so that we do not deprive your fellow students, their families and friends of this momentous occasion,” the letter said. At Brown University in Rhode Island, school President Christina H. Paxton offered protest leaders the chance to meet with officials to discuss their arguments for divestment from Israel-linked companies in exchange for ending an encampment. Protesters at Yale set up a new camp with dozens of tents Sunday, nearly a week after police arrested nearly 50 and cleared a similar one nearby.

All the available medical treatments failed to improve his condition, and he died at Mount Vernon at around 10 pm on December 14, 1799, aged 67. The staircases of Mount Vernon—how they changed, how they were used, and by whom—tell important stories about daily life on the estate that don’t necessarily persist in the documentary record. A staff of enslaved butlers, housemaids, waiters, and cooks made the Washingtons’ lifestyle possible.

As with many historic properties, Mount Vernon requires regular maintenance. Therefore don’t be surprised if you notice work projects when you visit. When my husband and I visited, there was scaffolding on the north and south sides of the mansion. Washington saved construction costs by making the mansion look as if it’s built with brick, but it’s actually a wooden exterior. Rustication involves carving beveled edges into wooden logs, and then applying paint mixed with sand to give the wood a grainy texture, mimicking brick.

From coast to coast, demonstrators are sparring over the Israel-Hamas war and its mounting death toll, and the number of arrests at campuses nationwide is approaching 1,000 as the final days of class wrap up. The outcry is forcing colleges to reckon with their financial ties to Israel, as well as their support for free speech. Columbia's senate represents people on campus, including faculty, researchers, students, administration and more, according to the school's website.

Police interventions on several campuses have led to more than 800 arrests. The number of demonstrators on George Washington University's campus had reduced to about 20 people by Sunday night, but another group erected an encampment of about 20 tents on a nearby public street over the weekend, the school said. At almost 11,000 square feet with two and a half stories and a full cellar, the Mansion dwarfed the majority of dwelling houses in late 18th-century Virginia.