The concluding week of the 2023 spring semester on Colorado State University’s campus was anything but quiet in preparation for finals. Fueled by national inaction over the Israel-Hamas war, protests exploded nationwide across college campuses. Everyone at CSU, especially those of us in student media, held our breath, waiting to see what was going to happen as signs warning that camping was considered trespassing were hammered into lawns around The Plaza, and messages from the administration outlining how to acceptably protest were emailed to the university community.