Classes resume at Barnard College after bomb threat, protest
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) – Classes will resume Thursday at Barnard College after the campus was cleared of a bomb threat during a pro-Palestinian protest.
At least nine protesters were arrested during a sit-in demonstration inside the Milstein Library on Wednesday, according to the NYPD. The protests came after three students were expelled after they handed out pro-Palestinian flyers in a class about Israeli history.
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The protesters had called for school administrators to reinstate the students. Last week, demonstrators occupied Milbank Hall for hours.
Barnard College President Laura Ann Rosenbury denounced the protests in a statement, saying, 'Today has been unsettling and disturbing, and these continued disruptions take a toll on our community. The desire of a few to disrupt and threaten cannot outweigh the needs of the students, faculty, and staff who call our campus home.'
The school has promised to meet with the three expelled students at a later date.
Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
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