Colleges prep for protesters with bans on encampments, masks as classes resume

Universities are reopening for the 2024-25 academic year with a host of protest guardrails designed to head off the anti-Israel mayhem that enveloped campuses last year, and it won’t be long before they find out whether their policies pass the test. Bans on outdoor camping have been enacted at multiple schools nationwide, including the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California system, a response to the pro-Gaza encampments that peppered college campuses in the spring. Schools, including UVA, have barred face-concealing masks. Harvard...