April 25, 2024 NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protests centered on the war in Gaza are spreading across US universities. Tens of campuses are seeing demonstrations with arrests exceeding 100 people as of Thursday. Demonstrations related to the war have occurred at universities since the beginning of the war on Oct. 7. But the scope intensified this month after students at Columbia University in New York City erected tents on the campus lawn, calling the display a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment.” The protesters are against Israel’s war and are calling on the university to divest from Israel, including halting investments in companies...