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Dickinson students stage sit-in to show solidarity with arrested Palestine protesters

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Senior Diana Webb of Carlisle began the sit-in on Thursday night on a grassy hillside on Dickinson's campus and soon found herself joined by others who share a desire for an end to the Israeli-Hamas War that has resulted in student protester arrests on other U.S.campuses.

Dickinson College students want their counterparts at Columbia University, University of Southern California and other schools where Israel-Hamas War protests are happening and students are getting arrested that they stand with them and support them.

Webb said she planned to continue the demonstration “as long as we think this sit-in can inspire Dickinsonians to be a resource for these larger encampments” on campuses elsewhere. Dickinson’s President John Jones III was returning from an overseas trip and was unavailable to comment, but college spokesman Craig Layne said of the student’s demonstration that the college “is proud of our tradition of fostering free speech and dissent through engaging in the liberal arts and sciences. Our mission is to educate students who go on to live meaningful lives of engaged global citizenship.

The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Mike Lee, encouraged college administrators across the state to avoid police involvement in student protests, including those held at University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh and Swarthmore College.

 

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