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4:00pm - Protestors and counter protestors stand side by side waving flags.

3:58 Counter Protesters in front of Stud

4:32 pm: State police stand between pro-Palestine protestors and counterprotestors

4:22 pm: Pro-Palestine protesters block Mass Ave

3:54 pm: Protesters move to Lobby 7; the police are not letting anyone through that entrance

3:06 pm: Students protest outside the entrance to the encampment.

2:55 pm: A crowd gathers around the encampment

3:02pm: A few protesters remain inside.

2:39 pm: A protestor writes down the number to call for lawyer representation in case of arrest on another protestor's arm

Dorm row is plunged into darkness after a manhole explosion causes a power outage near W85 and Tang Hall, Sunday, May 5, 2024. View from New Vassar's 5th floor, one of two dorms with power on campus.

Dorm row is plunged into darkness after a manhole explosion causes a power outage near W85 and Tang Hall, Sunday, May 5, 2024. View from New Vassar's 5th floor, one of two dorms with power on campus.

Dorm row is plunged into darkness after a manhole explosion causes a power outage near W85 and Tang Hall, Sunday, May 5, 2024. View from New Vassar's 5th floor, one of two dorms with power on campus.

The Cambridge Fire Department responds to the scene.

Students gather around one of the few lights that remained on in Next House during the blackout

This graph was produced using data from Almond et al. 2022.

Cellist Pablo Ferrández plays the Elgar Cello Concerto.