Afternoon Update: "Horrific acts of violence" seen at UCLA before the police moved in

Protests hit more than 80 campuses; nearly 300 arrests at Columbia U. and CUNY campus; Cardona on defense; Maryland bans legacy admissions; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. CAMPUS UNREST [‘Horrific Acts of Violence’: Demonstrators Spar at UCLA Before Police Move In]( By Michael Vasquez [STORY IMAGE]( Violence erupted on the campus early Wednesday as counterprotesters launched objects into an encampment. The fighting continued for hours before the police intervened. ADVERTISEMENT JUST UPDATED [Here’s Where Student Protesters Are Demanding Divestment From Israel]( By Sonel Cutler and Alecia Taylor [STORY IMAGE]( Over 80 colleges have seen encampments or sit-ins since April 18. Our map shows new protests at Fordham University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Kansas. THE LATEST [Today’s Arrests From the Pro-Palestinian Protests on Campus]( Nearly 300 people were arrested overnight at Columbia University and at City College of the City University of New York, after scores of New York City police officers in riot gear descended on both campuses, at the request of their leaders, [The New York Times]( reported. Officials said 173 had been arrested at City College and 109 at Columbia, where protesters had taken over a building on Monday night, but it was not clear how many were affiliated with either institution. The president of Columbia, where [more than 100]( were [arrested]( two weeks ago, setting off the current unrest, asked the police to remain on campus through commencement. Campus, city, and state police officers combined to remove an encampment at Tulane University this morning, and arrest 14 pro-Palestinian protesters, [The Tulane Hullabaloo]( reported, but only two were students, the university said. A similar array of police officers dismantled an encampment at the University of Wisconsin at Madison this morning and cited about 34 protesters, including faculty members and students, some of whom were arrested, [The Badger Herald]( reported, but after the police left, some tents were repitched. Twenty-four students and a former student were arrested on Tuesday at the University of Connecticut, [The Daily Campus]( reported. Officers in riot gear used tear gas in breaking up an encampment at the University of Arizona during an overnight move against protesters, [The Daily Wildcat]( reported, but an arrest tally was not immediately available. Law enforcement also used tear gas on Tuesday to uproot an encampment at the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus, arresting 10, [The Oracle]( reported. Thirteen protesters, including six students, were arrested late Monday at Virginia Commonwealth University, [WRIC]( reported. LATITUDES [How the Fulbright Program Got Sucked Into Tensions With Russia]( By Karin Fischer [STORY IMAGE]( Plus, student exchanges were on the agenda when U.S. and Chinese officials met, and the latest on international students and campus protests. ON CAPITOL HILL [Cardona Defends a Stretched-Thin Civil-Rights Office in Hearing on Campus Unrest]( The Senate hearing, ostensibly on the 2025 budget, focused on the Education Department’s disastrous rollout of a new student-aid form and on the growing campus unrest. Republicans demanded that the department restore order and fight antisemitism by pulling aid from colleges. The education secretary said his shrunken staff to handle the task faced a booming workload. (Politico) STUDENT-LOAN DEBT [Biden Administration to Clear $6.1-Billion in Debt of Former Art Institutes Students]( The beneficiaries are some 317,000 people who attended the now-defunct for-profit colleges at any time from 2004 to 2017, when the chain was owned by the Education Management Corporation. The [Education Department said]( the chain had lied about job-placement rates, graduates’ likely earnings, and more. (The Washington Post, department statement) ADMISSIONS [Maryland to Become the Third State to Ban Legacy Preferences in Admissions]( The legislation, signed into law in late April and taking effect on July 1, will bar [admissions preferences]( for [children of alumni or donors]( at public colleges and private ones that get state funding. Most of them already prohibit such preferences. The move follows [similar laws]( in Colorado and Virginia. 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