Columbia citing extraordinary circumstances. Columbia University President Cold in the nypd to clear the encampment of propalestinian student demonstrators. The Encampment Set Up wednesday morning, the same day it was testified on Capitol Hill about antisemitism on campus. We must uphold freedom of speech. It is essential to our mission but we should not tolerate abuses. In a letter to the university community, it was noted that protests have a storied history in columbia. And asking for help from the police, they said the encampment and related destructions pose a Clear And Present Danger to the functioning of the university. We are risking our academic sanity to show the administrators that we are not okay with their decisions. Several Demonstrators Today stomping on a israeli flag. Some say they feel unsafe on