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Of the 112 people arrested Tuesday in protests at Columbia, 29% were not affiliated with the school, New York City officials said. That breaks down to the arrests of 32 nonstudents and 80 students, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban said in a joint statement.

April 25-30: UCLA protest establishes itself Protesters called for an end to the war in Gaza and for UCLA to be more transparent about its financial ties with arms manufacturers and with Israel. They installed makeshift barricades of plywood and pallets to close up the protest area.

That last discussion was unsuccessful. Within hours, police had arrested dozens of people on burglary and trespassing charges, including at least 30 students, six alumni and two Columbia employees, and cleared out protest encampments that had spawned dozens of similar demonstrations at colleges around the world.