Pro-Palestine encampment erected in UChicago, Northwestern universities


By Xu Jing

CHICAGO, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of University of Chicago (UChicago) students set up an encampment in the center of the campus on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses across the United States in support of Palestinians.

Other universities in Illinois have also set up encampments in recent days, including Northwestern University (NU) on April 25 and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on April 26.

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