As preliminary hearings begin for students arrested for their involvement in the Kirkland Hall sit-in, The Hustler looks back at pro-Palestine protests on Vanderbilt’s campus and universities nationwide in the 2024-25 school year.

I. Vanderbilt encampment and subsequent expulsions

II. Arrests across the country 

III. Comparing demands and actions

IV. Actions against journalists 

V. Changes to academics

VI. Responses from university leaders

VII. End of encampments and future plans 

VIII. Methodology