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The BSO and Tanglewood Festival Chorus in the finale of Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette

5:49 PM: Protestors form a human chain and yell out chants in support of the Palestinian cause.

8:43 PM: Speaker arrives and gives a speech before the encampment, after most police forces have dispersed.

6:12pm: News helicopters circle overhead above Kresge.

5:44 PM: Protestors dismantle the barricade put up by MIT Police.

4:18 PM: Students allowed to leave Lobby 7, but not enter.

6:49 PM: More chalking is visible on main campus.

5:38 PM: Protestors run to join other protestors linking arms around the encampment.

5:46 PM: Mass Ave remains closed as the sit-in disperses.

5:48 PM: Protestors continue to dismantle the barricades.

5:41 PM: News covers the protest

4:50 pm: Protesters sit down in Mass Ave

5:41 pm: Students link arms around the encampment after breaking through the barrier

5:58 pm: Students protest at the encampment with a large cardboard structure urging MIT to "take down your apartheid wall".

3:50 pm: Counterprotestors at the outskirts of the encampment

Students dance at the 2024 Next House Formal held in the Media Lab, Saturday, April 27.