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5:49 PM: Protestors form a human chain and yell out chants in support of the Palestinian cause.

8:43 PM: Speaker arrives and gives a speech before the encampment, after most police forces have dispersed.

6:12pm: News helicopters circle overhead above Kresge.

5:44 PM: Protestors dismantle the barricade put up by MIT Police.

4:18 PM: Students allowed to leave Lobby 7, but not enter.

6:49 PM: More chalking is visible on main campus.

5:38 PM: Protestors run to join other protestors linking arms around the encampment.

5:46 PM: Mass Ave remains closed as the sit-in disperses.

5:48 PM: Protestors continue to dismantle the barricades.

5:41 PM: News covers the protest

4:50 pm: Protesters sit down in Mass Ave

5:41 pm: Students link arms around the encampment after breaking through the barrier

5:58 pm: Students protest at the encampment with a large cardboard structure urging MIT to "take down your apartheid wall".

3:50 pm: Counterprotestors at the outskirts of the encampment

Students dance at the 2024 Next House Formal held in the Media Lab, Saturday, April 27.

Present and past members of the Ring Committee attend Ring Delivery on the rooftop patio of the Prudential Center.