Source: College students, faculty demand amnesty for participating in anti-war protests | AP News
Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours.
But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and other students were being suspended after their arrests at the “ Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” a tactic colleges across the country have deployed to calm growing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
The students’ plight has become a central part of protests, with students and a growing number of faculty demanding their amnesty. At issue is whether universities and law enforcement will clear the charges and withhold other consequences, or whether the suspensions and legal records will follow students into their adult lives.
Terms of the suspensions vary from campus to campus. At Columbia and its affiliated Barnard College for women, Alwan and dozens more were arrested April 18 and promptly barred from campus and classes, unable to attend in-person or virtually, and banned from dining halls.
Questions about their academic futures remain. Will they be allowed to take final exams? What about financial aid? Graduation? Columbia says outcomes will be decided at disciplinary hearings, but Alwan says she has not been given a date.
玛丽亚姆·阿尔万认为，纽约市警察穿着防暴装备在哥伦比亚大学校园逮捕了她和其他抗议者，将他们装上公共汽车并拘留了几个小时后，她认为最糟糕的情况已经过去。 但第二天晚上，这位大三学生收到了一封来自大学的电子邮件。阿尔万和其他学生在“加沙团结营地”被捕后被停学，全国各地的大学都采取了这一策略，以平息校园日益增长的针对以色列-哈马斯战争的抗议活动。 学生的困境已成为抗议活动的核心部分，学生和越来越多的教师要求特赦他们。问题在于大学和执法部门是否会撤销指控并消除其他后果，或者停学和法律记录是否会伴随学生进入成年生活。 停学的条款因校园而异。在哥伦比亚大学及其附属巴纳德女子学院，阿尔万和其他数十人于 4 月 18 日被捕，并立即被禁止进入校园和上课，无法亲自或虚拟参加，并被禁止进入餐厅。 关于他们的学术前途的问题仍然存疑。他们可以参加期末考试吗？经济援助呢？能否毕业？哥伦比亚大学表示，结果将在纪律听证会上决定，但阿尔万表示尚未给出具体听证会日期。
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