Cal Poly Humboldt Campus Shuts Down After Pro-Palestine Protesters Barricade Themselves in Building

The shutdown is expected to last through Thursday. The university advises people to avoid the building.

Pro-Palestinian activist protest outside Columbia University in New York City on April 20, 2024. Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP

Cal Poly Humboldt shut down its campus April 22 after pro-Palestine protesters barricaded themselves inside a building, which led to the arrest of three students.

Several dozen demonstrators gathered and barricaded themselves inside Siemens Hall that evening in protest over the Israel-Hamas war.