Some students who protested at colleges don't regret potential punishment
Some students face criminal charges, suspensions and even expulsions for participating in pro-Palestinian protests and encampments. Their reason? A "just cause."
by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
May 07, 2024
3 minutes
AUSTIN– Ammer Qaddumi is jumping up and down at the beat of a drum.
He has a rolled-up piece of paper in one of his hands that he moves to the rhythm of the crowd's chant.
"Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest," he chants along with hundreds of students at the University of Texas at Austin's south lawn.
Qaddumi is a Palestinian-American studying economics and government, and for the last couple of weeks, he's been participating in the protests against Israel's military actions in Gaza.
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