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Rachel Treisman

How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words

Columbia University faculty and staff gather on the campus in solidarity with student protesters on Monday. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP)

Sarah Phillips was on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington for meetings Saturday when she saw social media posts calling for help protecting students' free speech rights.

When Phillips, an anthropology professor at IU, arrived at the site of the campus protest she recognized some of her students, "completely peaceful," standing face-to-face with what she described as heavily armed riot police. Reflexively, she started walking toward them.

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