Columbia cancels commencement, Ole Miss launches investigation into racist video: All the updates you need to know about college campus protests WSB-TV Channel 2

College campus protests continued over the weekend and into Monday. More than 2,200 people have been arrested as demonstrators continue their demands that schools cut financial ties with companies that are contributing to Israel’s war in Gaza.

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Columbia University on Monday canceled its main commencement ceremony, planned for May 15, due to safety concerns. The school will still host “smaller-scale, school-based” graduation ceremonies.

The University of Mississippi launched at least one student conduct investigation after a video of a student making racist gestures at a Black pro-Palestinian demonstrator went viral.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement on Sunday vowing that demands made by the demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin will “NEVER happen.”

Some students at Princeton University who are part of a “Gaza solidarity encampment” announced a hunger strike, aiming to get the university to discuss their protest demands.

The protests have gone more global, with schools in the U.K., Mexico, Belgium, France …