About 100 people gathered outside of Gerberding Hall, where the Office of the President resides, to demand that UW reverse the students' suspensions and ask the King County Prosecutor's Office to drop criminal charges.

The University of Washington suspended 21 students who were arrested during pro-Palestinian protests at the Seattle campus this week, per a UW statement Wednesday. The big picture: The suspended students have been banned from all college campuses after they were among some 30 demonstrators who were arrested on Monday during a protest calling on the college to cut ties with Boeing due to the aircraft maker's relationship with Israel,