In Focus: Scenes From Today’s Encampment and Outdoor Protests

By AURELIEN CLAVAUD, COLBY MCCASKILL, and CHARLIE KUSTER

May 2, 2024

After a Gaza Solidarity Encampment was set up in the early hours of Wednesday, May 1, protesters from within Fordham and across the city gathered outside Fordham University’s Leon Lowenstein Center. Police presence expanded throughout the afternoon until they arrested the 13 students and 2 alumni remaining in the encampment just before 6 p.m. Our reporters were on the ground. Here’s what they saw.

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AURELIEN CLAVAUD, Former Creative Director

Aurelien Clavaud (he/him), FCLC ’25, is the former creative director. He previously served as head photo editor and creative director and assistant sports & health editor. He majors in international political economy and loves photography, basketball and writing. He is from Houston, Texas, but has taken a liking to NYC and its frigid weather.

COLBY MCCASKILL, Features Editor

Colby McCaskill (he/him), FCLC ‘26, is the head features editor at The Observer. He hails originally from Seattle, Washington, where he fell in love with film photography. He is majoring in journalism and minoring in history. Colby loves to read the New Yorker and go jogging in the rain.

CHARLIE KUSTER, Assistant Features Editor

Charlie Kuster (he/him), FCLC ‘25, is the assistant features editor at The Observer. He is a film and television major with a concentration in film. He spends his free time watching his favorite sports teams, which include the New York Mets, New York Giants, and Tottenham Hotspur FC.

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