Anti-war demonstrators depart University of Southern California after arrival of the police

Students who were protesting the war in Gaza left their camp at the University of Southern California on Sunday because the police surrounded them and said they would be arrested. At the same time, Northeastern University’s graduation at Boston’s Fenway Park ended without any problems.

Many people are keeping a close eye on what’s happening at USC in Los Angeles and Northeastern in Boston after more than 90 people were arrested at USC and about 100 at Northeastern last month.

Many police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department came to USC around 4 am to help the campus safety officers. The university said that people could get arrested on social media and in person. A video showed some people leaving the protest camp, while police officers formed lines to make others leave. The university said nobody got arrested.

USC President Carol Folt said it was time to take action because the situation on campus was getting worse with areas being blocked and people being treated badly.

Folt said the operation went smoothly. “The campus is opening, students are coming back to get ready for final exams, and preparations for the graduation ceremony are going on. ”

The main graduation ceremony at USC was cancelled, but other graduation activities are still happening.

At UCLA, they’ve made a new job for someone to make sure the campus is safe. UCLA said something on Sunday because people were upset about how they handled protests that ended in a big fight at a pro-Palestinian student camp last week.

At the Northeastern graduation ceremony Sunday, some students held small flags from Palestine and Israel, but there were more students holding flags from India and the US, and other countries. Rebecca Bamidele, a student, asked for peace in Gaza and got some cheers.

The Associated Press counted around 2,500 people who were arrested at about 50 schools since April 18, using information from their own reporting and from universities and law enforcement.

People kept getting arrested over the weekend. On Saturday, 25 people were arrested at the University of Virginia for trespassing. The police clashed with protesters who didn’t want to take down their tents. Police at the Art Institute of Chicago campus removed a pro-Palestinian camp that was set up on Saturday and arrested 68 people for trespassing.