DEVELOPING: Penn Police have locked down Van Pelt Library, according to Allied Security guards at the front desk. Students may leave the building, but no students are allowed to enter.

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Four UCLA student journalists attacked by pro-Israel counterprotesters on campus latimes.com/california/sto…

BREAKING: Pro-Palestinian protesters moved over barricades surrounding the Gaza Solidarity Encampment during an 8 p.m. rally at the Ben Franklin Statue on College Green. The rally is ongoing.

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NEW: Pro-Palestinian activists at Penn announced an 8 p.m. rally in solidarity with Columbia and UCLA students.

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After covering the spraying of tents at the Penn encampment this afternoon, I developed a cough and headache.

I was instructed to head to the ER by my primary care doctor, but ended up taking medicine at home. Symptoms have started to improve.

NEW: Dave McCormick, the Republican nominee for the U.S Senate in Pennsylvania, told The Daily Pennsylvanian that he would consider removing federal funding from Penn due to its antisemitism response.

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An unknown individual was detained Penn this morning after he walked through the encampment and sprayed an odorous unknown substance on signs in the encampment.

EARLIER: An unknown individual was detained after he walked through the encampment and sprayed an odorous unknown substance on signs in the encampment. The Daily Pennsylvanian could not confirm what the substance was, though it is currently being tested.

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Early this afternoon, an unknown individual was detained after he walked through the encampment and sprayed an odorous unknown substance on signs in the encampment. thedp.com/article/2024/0…

LATEST: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is currently visiting Penn's Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green.

Elea Castiglione and Jasmine Ni are reporting live from the scene: thedp.com/article/2024/0…

The Executive Committee of Penn's American Association of University Professors released a statement Tuesday night alleging that the University has “repress[ed]” nonviolent protest” at Penn and that administrators have “threatened to clear the encampment on Wednesday.”

BREAKING: NYPD BEGINS SWEEP OF OCCUPIED HAMILTON HALL, ARRESTS PROTESTERS
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BREAKING: NYPD ENTERS AS PROTESTERS BRACE FOR ARREST columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/3…

NEW: An encampment member announced over a megaphone that Interim Penn President Larry Jameson and 'negotiators' were meeting, and said that the meeting would end at 6 p.m.

Ethan Young reports:
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NEW: Penn confirmed to The Daily Pennsylvanian it has opened disciplinary cases into students participants in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

And faculty and staff violations “will follow the relevant disciplinary processes,' the University said.

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Identifying who are Penn students and who are not has been a focal point of the past few days surrounding the encampment.

NEW: Penn admin. entered the encampment around noon on Thursday and took several photos of those inside, prompting chants of “shame” from participants.

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BREAKING: Three Penn students involved in organizing the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green received disciplinary hearing notices. Full story TK in The Daily Pennsylvanian.

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A spokesperson for Pa. state Rep. Rick Krajewski said Krajewski — who represents Penn and was present at the encampment — 'asked to have a meeting with [Interim President Larry Jameson], and has not been successful yet.”

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