Colleges Prep for Protesters With Bans on Encampments, Masks as Classes Resume

Universities are beginning the 2024-2025 academic year with a host of protest guardrails designed to head off the anti-Israel mayhem that enveloped campuses last year, and it won’t be long before they learn whether their policies pass the test.

Multiple schools nationwide, including the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California system, have banned outdoor camping. This is a response to the pro-Palestinian encampments that peppered college campuses in the spring.

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