Protesters leave Dal administration building after 40-hour occupation

Last week, protesters occupied Dalhousie University’s Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building for about 40 hours. The group entered the building on Tuesday to attend a Board of Governors meeting, during which Dal Student Union President Mariam Knakriah proposed a motion urging the university to sever financial ties with Israel. After the motion failed, approximately 30 students remained in the building overnight and throughout Wednesday, leaving on Thursday “on their own terms,” according to The Coast. The university closed the building for the remainder of the week. Dal President Kim Brooks said that the university would “continue to monitor campus activity and restore spaces to their original state.”