![On May 16, 2024, pro-Palestine demonstrators moved the encampment to the front of Johnson Hall after performing a "mock tribunal" and self-chaining to the building's columns. A media liaison who goes by Kermit said that the encampment's move was "to come together as a group, and if they're [the individuals who have chained themselves to Johnson Hall's columns] out there, we're going to move with them." (Colleen Bogdan/Emerald)](http://dailyemerald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/55b4bf7127973dbae5b133681f20be31-1-1200x800.jpg)
The Daily Emerald is providing live coverage of the University of Oregon’s pro-Palestine encampment, which began on April 29 at 7 a.m. All of our coverage on the encampment can be found here.
Below is the Emerald’s coverage of May 18 and 19, the third weekend of the encampment.
Updated May 19, 11:39 p.m.
At around 10:50 p.m. a UOPD officer was seen driving westbound on East 13th ave. The officer proceeded to drive onto the sidewalk on the east side of Fenton Hall directly in the encampment.
The officer was briefly inside of Fenton Hall before returning to his car. He then proceeded to drive north down the sidewalk further into the encampment, before reversing back down the sidewalk, where he drove back eastbound on East 13th ave.
Simultaneously a different officer was seen parked under bushes on the east side of Friendly Hall in the Allen Hall parking lot. That officer left the lot around 11:20 p.m. driving southbound on University Avenue.
There were additionally two security guards from a private security company sitting on benches within the encampment. Any potential relationship between security guards and the UOPD presence is currently unknown, as is the reason for the UOPD presence.
No encampment members interacted with the UOPD officers and activities continued on as normal in front of Johnson Hall.
Demonstrators played musical instruments and sang throughout the evening. There were still five people chained to the columns of Johnson Hall.
Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. the encampment will hold a rally, marking the 100 hours demonstrators have been chained to Johnson.
As of 11:30 p.m. there was no longer any visible UOPD presence. The two security guards remained within the encampment.
Contrary to prior evenings, no UOPD officers or security personnel were seen in or around Johnson Hall.
The encampment count remained steady at approximately 60 tents.
University spokesperson Eric Howald indicated Friday that there were no scheduled negotiations between university administration and encampment representatives. The status of negotiations for tomorrow is still unknown at this time.
Daily Emerald reporters are now off the scene. Live coverage of day 22 of the encampment will continue tomorrow morning.
Updated May 19, 11:43 a.m.
It’s day 21 of the pro-Palestine encampment located on the lawn between Fenton and Friendly Hall.
The encampment remains peaceful and around 60 tents are set up on the lawn.
Five demonstrators were seen chained to the columns of Johnson Hall.
Organizers of the encampment posted to Instagram the schedule of the day, including a “Ecocide in Gaza Tech In With Sue” at 3 p.m. and “Open Mic” at 8 p.m.
At 10:30 a.m. Palestinian activist and former political prisoner Michel Shehadeh held a discussion and Q&A at the encampment. Shehadeh is a former member of the Los Angeles Eight, a group of residents who were arrested under the Immigration and Nationality Act for support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In 2007, a judge dismissed the charges against Shehadeh and the other seven.
Temperatures in Eugene have dropped compared to yesterday with a forecast as high as 65 degrees.
Updated May 18, 3:40 p.m.
The day continues to be quiet and peaceful, as demonstrators are partaking in sporting activities.
The “Fanon Teach In” has been rescheduled to 3:45 p.m. The next activity is “Mass Meeting,” scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Two demonstrators were visibly seen chained to the columns of Johnson Hall.
Updated May 18, 10:35 a.m.
It’s day 20 of the pro-Palestine encampment located on the lawn between Fenton and Friendly Hall.
The encampment is relatively quiet and around 60 tents are set up on the lawn.
No demonstrators were visibly seen chained to the columns of Johnson Hall.
Organizers of the encampment posted to Instagram the schedule for the day, including a “Fanon Teach In” at noon and a “Seed Bomb Making” activity at 2 p.m.
Temperatures in Eugene have dropped compared to last weekend, with a forecast as high as 67 degrees.
No police were seen present at the scene as of this writing.
