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Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt Graduations at Pomona College, UC Berkeley

Pomona College moved its ceremony to the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles, but protesters set up a camp there too.
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt Graduations at Pomona College, UC Berkeley
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., on April 22, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
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Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted graduation ceremonies at Pomona College and the University of California, Berkeley, this weekend as the student movement against Israel continued to simmer across the country.

Pomona College, a private university with about 1,750 students located in Claremont—about 30 miles east of Los Angeles—moved its May 12 graduation ceremony to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles after protesters created an encampment on the school’s campus.

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