A Student Newspaper Editor Describes What She Saw at the PSU Library

Zoë Buhrmaster knew what she needed to do from the minute protesters supporting Palestine broke into the Portland State University library. Buhrmaster, 25, is a senior majoring in anthropology and the news editor of The Vanguard, PSU’s student newspaper. Across the country, as campus protests for Palestine took control of university buildings, student journalists have provided some of the most intimate and perceptive coverage of the standoffs-in part because they are covering their peers. Vanguard reporters joined those ranks April 25, covering demonstrations for Gaza on the Park Blocks. When protesters broke into the library April 29, Vanguard reporters stayed on scene around the clock until well after police raided the building May 2.

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