The encampment began Friday, continuing a weeklong surge of protests on Beinecke Plaza in favor of military weapons divestment. Over 600 pro-Palestine protesters have gathered; pro-Israel demonstrators also were on the Plaza but left at 11 p.m.
Two Yale administrators, Hannah Peck and Andrew Forsythe, read a message that if the approximately 250 protesters present did not vacate Beinecke Plaza and remove tents from the encampment by 11:30 p.m., may face disciplinary action.
On Friday, over 400 people gathered on Beinecke Plaza to protest Yale’s military weapons investments as Yale trustees held a sendoff party for University President Salovey. Yale announced earlier this week that it will not divest from military arms.
Yale’s highest governing body gathered at the Greenberg Conference Center on Saturday. The Board could make headway on the search for the University’s 24th president, which is nearing its ninth month.