Arrests follow barricades and encampments as college students nationwide protest Gaza war

Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protestors and universities grew increasingly tense on both coasts Wednesday night. Hundreds of protesters at an encampment at Columbia University faced a deadline from the administration to clear out, while dozens barricaded themselves inside two buildings on a Northern California college campus for the second night.

Both are part of intensifying demonstrations over Israel's war with Hamas by university students across the country, leading to dozens of arrests on charges of trespassing or disorderly conduct.

Columbia's President in a statement Wednesday set a midnight deadline to reach an agreement with students to clear the encampment, or “we will consider alternative options.”