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REPORT: Emory University students express no-confidence in President Fenves

Emory University’s undergraduate students have voted in favor of a no-confidence resolution against President Gregory L. Fenves.

May 09, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Pro-Palestine student Protests at SCAD.

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Protests at Emory University, SCAD continue in support of pro-Palestinian movement

As unrest continued at college campuses across America on Wednesday, protests flared again at Emory University after social media posts encouraged protesters to gather at the quad in support of the pro-Palestinian movement.

May 02, 2024
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  • Logan Ritchie
Columbia University professors demonstrate outside the Columbia campus demanding the release of students. Hundreds of people were arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses as police on May 1 extended a crackdown that included clearing out demonstrators occupying a building at Columbia University in New York.

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For weeks students have protested the war in Gaza — now things are escalating

From New York — to Illinois — to Los Angeles — encampments in support of Palestinians dot campuses across the country.

And over the last couple of days the tension has only increased as police have intervened on several campuses, including Columbia University, UCLA and the University of Texas. Hundreds of protestors have been arrested.

Pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses are growing in scope and intensity, and colleges are calling on law enforcement to help. Is it the right decision, and what happens next?

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May 01, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
A pro-Palestinian protester stands among tents and a Palestinian flag at an encampment at Columbia University campus in New York earlier this month.

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How today's college protests echo history

Protests against Israel's war in Gaza on college campuses have expanded across the country. They're the biggest student protests, since college students demonstrated against the Vietnam war in the late sixties and early seventies.

What do the campus protests of today have in common with those of the sixties? How might they affect the policies of their universities and the US government?

Thirty years ago, South Africa became an emblem of a multiracial democracy. Decades on, how is that legacy holding up?

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April 30, 2024
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Columbia University closed campus to the public ahead of pro-Israel and pro-Gaza rallies on Thursday.

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U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?

The conflict has heightened tensions on U.S. campuses. What is the role and responsibility of colleges right now?

October 14, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Elissa Nadworny
Student Activists camped out on Georgia Tech's campus in protest of university ties to the planned police training facility in DeKalb County.

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Emory, Georgia Tech students camp out on campus in opposition to so-called 'Cop City'

Students at Emory and Georgia Tech in Atlanta staged a day of action on Tuesday to protest the construction of the new Atlanta police training center in a DeKalb County park.

April 26, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Howard University students are entering their second week of protests demanding better housing on campus.

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Students at Howard University are protesting poor housing conditions on campus

Students began protesting outside the university center nearly two weeks ago, citing moldy dorm rooms and other problems. They say they won't leave until their demands are met.

October 22, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Protesters marched on the steps of UGA's Administration Building this spring to demand reparations.

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Protesters Demand Reparations For Slave History And Handling Of Human Remains At UGA

The University of Georgia continues to grapple with a difficult chapter of its history. It’s been under fire for how it handled the discovery of human...

June 11, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Allison Krausman
Sixteen-year-old Niles Francis, a student at South Cobb High School, marched with grandfather, Jerry Pennick. Francis is lobbying the Georgia General Assembly to pass SB 457, a school safety bill requiring more active shooter drills.

A Family Tradition At ATL's March For Our Lives

About 30,000 people turned out at the March For Our Lives in Atlanta Saturday to advocate for changes to gun laws. As volunteers worked the crowds to...

March 26, 2018
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  • Emily Cureton
Sixteen-year-old Niles Francis, a student at South Cobb High School, marched with grandfather, Jerry Pennick. Francis is helping lead the effort to get a Georgia law passed requiring school safety drills.

PHOTOS: March For Our Lives Atlanta

An estimated 30,000 people turned out for the March For Our Lives in Atlanta. Students led the massive crowd through downtown chanting "Not One More," ...

March 26, 2018
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  • Emily Cureton
The students were all given after school detention as punishment for skipping class.

The Georgia Student Walk Out For Gun Violence

Students across Georgia walked out of class today, as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence and to remember the victims of last month’s...

March 14, 2018
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  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • Maura Currie ,
  • and 5 more
Rashawn Collins, a student at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School in Atlanta, protests gun violence after walking out of school with hundreds of classmates.

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Georgia Students Walk Out Of Class To Protest Gun Violence

On this edition of Political Rewind, free speech issues. Students in Georgia and across the country walk out of classes to show support for passage of...

March 14, 2018
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

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