Along with a cease-fire and divestment from Israeli universities and companies that support the Israeli military, many student protests are calling for what they call "Palestinian liberation" and end to Israeli occupation.

Why: The students are protesting the war's death toll and are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel's military efforts in Gaza. On campus: As students around the country protest, student journalists are covering their peers in a moment of uncertainty.

Such flagship state universities as the University of California–Berkeley and the University of Michigan were well known as centers of often violent student activism and liberal-to-radical protest.