Officers break up encampments at USC and Virginia; Vermont and Dickinson cancel speakers. Last week’s intense tumult over the war in Gaza quieted a bit over the weekend, as numerous colleges and universities shifted into commencement mode and kept a tight rein on their physical campuses to try to minimize the opportunity for conflict. Not every place succeeded. Several institutions the Universities of Virginia and of Southern California, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago called in reinforcements from law enforcement to break up protest encampments they declared to violate their policies or local laws.
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NEW YORK (AP) Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protest