Cal Poly Humboldt Shuts Down as Student Protesters Seize Control of Campus Buildings [Video]

As bad as things are at Columbia, they aren’t as bad as what’s unfolding at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Student protesters there have taken over campus buildings and blocked entrances with piles of furniture to prevent access by police and others.

The school is now shut down for the rest of the semester.

CBS News reports:

Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus through end of semester amid pro-Palestinian protests

California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt announced Friday that all classes and school business will be conducted remotely for the rest of the semester amid a student occupation on campus protesting the ongoing war in Gaza.

University officials extended the closure of the campus until May 10 — the end of the semester — saying instruction would continue to be remote, after protesters at the university in northern California used furniture, tents, chains and zip ties to block entrances to an academic and administrative building …