Clear encampment or face suspension, Columbia University tells Israel-Hamas war protesters [Video]

STORIES RIGHT NOW ON MATTER OF FACT. MORE THAN 5000 MILES FROM ISRAEL IN GAZA, DEMONSTRATORS HAVE SET UP CAMP AT SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. COLLEGES ARE OBVIOUSLY NO STRANGERS TO PROTESTS, AND THEY’RE USED TO THE EXCHANGE OF DIFFERING IDEAS. AND THAT’S WHAT PROFESSORS AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE ARE LEANING INTO. THEIR CO-TEACHING COURSES THEY HOPE INSPIRE DEEP UNDERSTANDING AND NUANCED DEBATE AMONG STUDENTS ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST’S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. OUR CORRESPONDENT LEONE LAKHANI TAKES US TO CLASS. THE CRISP SPRING DAY BRINGS STUDENTS OUT AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT TWO OF ITS TEACHERS ARE INSIDE PREPARING. FOR A UNIQUE CLASS. PROFESSOR TARIQ RICE IS THE HEAD OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES DEPARTMENT. PROFESSOR SUSANNAH HESCHEL, CHAIR OF JEWISH STUDIES. ONCE A WEEK, THEY COME TOGETHER TO CO-TEACH A CLASS, CREATING WHAT THEY CALL A SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE. WHAT CREATES THE …