Harvard, MIT Threaten Punishment for Protesters in Ultimatum
Tents and signs in the Pro-Palestinian encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 5.
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Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are warning students to leave protest encampments or face punishment as tensions escalate ahead of commencement season.
MIT President Sally Kornbluth told pro-Palestinian protesters to leave the campus encampment by 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Students will face immediate academic suspension if they don’t disperse, and the punishment will be harsher if they’ve already been sanctioned by the school’s discipline committee.