艾默生学院被捕后，东北大学开始露营抗议

【中美创新时报2024 年 4 月 25 日编译讯】（记者温友平编译）周四（25日）一早，东北大学的 Centennial Common 上搭建起了帐篷，这使得该校成为波士顿地区最新举办亲巴勒斯坦营地的大学。从早上 8 点开始，一直持续到下午早些时候，100 多名学生和教职员工聚集在一起，手挽手围着位于校园中心的公共区域。《波士顿环球报》记者Alexa Coultoff 和通讯员 Ava Berger对此进行了下述报道。

“嘿，嘿，嗬，嗬，种族灭绝必须结束”和“从河流到大海，巴勒斯坦将获得自由”的口号在校园内回响，吸引了路过的学生和聚集在一起的观察者的注意。从侧面观看。抗议者举着写着“撤资”和“自由加沙”的标语，其中一些人举着写着“犹太人争取自由巴勒斯坦”的标语。

一大群东北大学警察站在抗议者附近的屏障的另一边，使许多学生和教职员工对警察可能进行的干预（包括逮捕）保持警惕。大学管理部门警告人群，没有有效东北身份证的参与者将被要求离开校园。

大学发言人雷娜塔·纽尔（Renata Nyul）在给东北大学学生报纸《亨廷顿新闻》的一份声明中说：“波士顿校园的四方院是为大学活动保留的。” “目前在 Centennial Quad 上示威的学生违反了行为准则。那些不属于东北大学的人是非法侵入的。大学将采取相应行动。”

在期末考试周中，东北部的学生继续高呼口号，表达对巴勒斯坦的支持，并与路人互动，要求他们“加入圆圈”。

参加抗议活动的东北大学大四学生奥古斯特·埃斯坎登 (August Escandon) 表示：“加沙的种族灭绝和炸弹袭击已经持续了六个月，许多其他大学也一直在这样做。” “大学没有倾听，这是一种非常具有破坏性的、切实的方式，表明有人对此感到愤怒。”

埃斯坎登表示，营地是在相信这一事业的学生中“建立社区”的一种方式。他说，考虑到昨晚在爱默生学院发生的大规模逮捕事件，他在帮助建造营地时确实感到害怕。

“有 100 名孩子被捕，他们都是像我们这样的孩子，”他说。但“看到其他学生坚持他们认为正确的事情，真的很鼓舞人心。”

参加抗议活动的教职人员穿着定制衬衫，上面写着“东北教职员工支持学生”，其中一些人站在圆圈的外围，偶尔加入口号和鼓掌。

“我们是这里的教师，努力支持我们的学生，”在公共政策和城市事务学院任教八年的珍妮·斯蒂芬斯 (Jennie Stephens) 说。

教职员工表示，大约制作了十几件衬衫，不足以满足所有支持这一事业的同事的需求。

“支持学生的教师比衬衫还多，”历史学名誉教授马蒂·布拉特说。

尽管东北部和波士顿警察越来越多，但欢呼声仍在继续，同伴们给在地上高呼口号的抗议者提供了水和几盒披萨。

东北大学学生主任张金黄(Chong Kim-Wong)在抗议活动周围走了一圈，对着扩音器说，没有出示东北大学学生证的抗议者将被要求离开校园。不久之后，一名东北警官发出了第二次警告。

“不要与媒体交谈”和“不要与警察交谈，不要出示身份证件”的口号经常在整个地区回响，随着记者和外部观察者接近营地的屏障，这种口号变得越来越响亮。

下午 2 点 45 分左右，大批波士顿警察走进广场，双臂交叉站立，再次要求学生出示身份证件。

当抗议者坐下来，双臂仍挽在一起时，口号越来越大，阻止警察干预营地。

蒂莫西·巴尔 (Timothy Barr) 是一名东北大学传播学客座讲师，身穿“东北大学教职员工支持学生”衬衫，他看着身着防暴装备的警察越来越靠近抗议者。

“这是对学生言论自由的侵犯，”已在东北大学任教五年的巴尔说。

但就在下午 3 点之前，波士顿警察从草坪上散去，回到停着的巡洋舰上。他们的离开引起了抗议者的爆发性欢呼，他们高呼“你们不能使用我们的校园”。

一群犹太东北部学生站在营地外，举着以色列国旗观察抗议活动。

东北大学一年级学生布雷特·伊奇科夫 (Brett Itchkow) 表示：“在高等教育机构看到这样的事情真是令人不安。”他表示，这次抗议活动对他庆祝犹太逾越节的活动造成了令人震惊的干扰。

“这只是纯粹的、不掺杂任何杂质的仇恨，我认为这是没有立足之地的，”他说。

东北希勒尔拉比萨拉·帕什-奥尔洛 (Sara Paasche-Orlow) 表示：“我认为，如果我们能够共同努力，思考如何在中东为犹太人和巴勒斯坦人创造更多和平与正义，事情会更有成效。”

东北大学四年级学生迈克尔·阿苏林 (Michael Asulin) 在草坪旁的树荫下观看了抗议活动。

尽管阿苏林说他不同意他们的抗议活动，但他说学生应该有权利来到这里。

“我听说他们要关闭它，但那是错误的，”他说。

题图：东北大学的学生在校园内手挽手高呼口号。JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF

附原英文报道：

Encampment protest begins at Northeastern University in wake of arrests at Emerson College

‘The university has not been listening,’ one student said.

By Alexa Coultoff and Ava Berger Globe Correspondent,Updated April 25, 2024 

Tents sprung up on Centennial Common at Northeastern University early Thursday morning, making the school the latest Boston-area college to host a Pro-Palestine encampment. Beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing throughout the early afternoon, more than 100 students and faculty members banded together, linking arms in a circle around the common, which sits at the center of campus.

Chants of “Hey, hey, ho, ho, the genocide has got to go,” and, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” echoed across campus, attracting the attention of passing students and observers who gathered to watch from the side. The protesters held signs reading “Divest” and “Free Gaza,” with some holding up signs that said, “Jews for a Free Palestine.”

A large group of Northeastern University police officers stood on the other side of a barrier near the protesters, making many students and faculty wary of possible police interference, including arrests. University administration warned the crowd that participants without valid Northeastern IDs would be asked to leave campus.

“The quads on the Boston campus are reserved for university events,” university spokesperson Renata Nyul said in a statement to The Huntington News, Northeastern’s student newspaper. “Students currently demonstrating on Centennial Quad are in violation of the Code of Conduct. Those who are not affiliated with Northeastern are trespassing. The university will take action accordingly.”

Northeastern students continued to chant and express their support for Palestine in the middle of finals week, engaging with passerby by asking them to “join the circle.”

“It’s been six months of genocide and bombs in Gaza, and lots of other universities have been doing this,” said August Escandon, a Northeastern senior participating in the protest. “The university has not been listening, and this is a very disruptive, tangible way to show that there are people who are mad about it.”

Escandon said the encampment is a way to “build community” among students who believe in the cause. He did feel fearful as he helped build the encampment, he said, considering the mass arrests that took place at Emerson College last night.

“There are 100 kids arrested, kids like us,” he said. But “it’s really inspiring to see other students stand for what they think is right.”

Faculty members participating in the protest wore customized shirts that read “Northeastern Faculty & Staff support students,” with several standing on the outskirts of the circle, occasionally joining the chants and claps.

“We’re faculty here, trying to support our students,” said Jennie Stephens, who has taught as a professor in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs for eight years.

Faculty said about a dozen of the shirts were made, not enough for all their colleagues who support the cause.

“There are more faculty that support students than there are shirts,” said Marty Blatt, emeritus professor of history.

Protesters chanting on the ground were given water and boxes of pizza by peers as cheers continued despite the growing presence of Northeastern and Boston police.

Northeastern Dean of Students Chong Kim-Wong walked in a circle around the protest, speaking into a megaphone that protesters who did not produce a Northeastern student ID would be asked to leave campus. The second warning was given by a Northeastern police officer shortly after.

Frequent chants of “Don’t talk to press” and “Don’t talk to cops, don’t show ID” echoed throughout the area and grew louder as reporters and outside observers approached the barrier of the encampment.

Around 2:45 p.m., masses of Boston police officers marched onto the quad, standing with arms crossed and telling students, again, to show their IDs.

Chants grew louder as protesters sat down with their arms still linked, blocking police from intervening in the encampment.

Timothy Barr, a Northeastern communications visiting lecturer in a “Northeastern Faculty & Staff Support Students” shirt watched as police in riot gear grew closer to protesters.

“This is a violation of student free speech,” said Barr, who has been teaching at Northeastern for five years.

But right before 3 p.m., Boston police dispersed from the lawn and headed back to their parked cruisers. Their exit was met with an explosion of cheers by protesters, who chanted “You can’t use our campus.”

A group of Jewish Northeastern students stood outside the encampment, holding an Israeli flag and observing the protest.

“It’s just disturbing to see something like this at a higher educational facility,” said Brett Itchkow, a first-year Northeastern student, who said the protest was an alarming disruption to his observance of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

“This is just pure, unadulterated hate, and I think there’s no place for that,” he said.

“I think this would be more productive if we could work together to be thinking about how we create more peace and justice in the Middle East for Jews and Palestinians,” said Northeastern Hillel Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow.

Michael Asulin, a fourth-year Northeastern student, watched the protest from the shade beside the lawn.

Though Asulin said he doesn’t agree with what they’re protesting, he said the students should have a right to be out here.

“I was hearing they were going to shut it down, and that would be wrong,” he said.