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    Pro-Palestinian protests grow at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara

    by Angie Orellana Hernandez, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Jenna Peterson and Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times Apr 25, 2024 3 minutes
    Protestors are detained by LAPD officers, who were trying to clear the USC campus during a demonstration against the war in Gaza, on April 24, 2024, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — Pro-Palestinian protests grew Thursday at California colleges and universities, including a new encampment at UCLA and demonstrations at UC Santa Barbara, a day after police in riot gear arrested 93 protesters at USC.

    Fallout over the Israel-Hamas war grew Thursday as USC announced that it would cancel its main stage commencement ceremony after more than a week of national controversy over its decision to pull a pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s speaking slot from the May event that was expected to draw 65,000 attendees.

    The university cited new safety measures, saying that the “time needed to

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