PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — After a months-long closure prompted by protest damages, Portland State University’s library has finally reopened.
The Fire Marshal previously determined the building was “uninhabitable,” according to the Millar Library website most recently updated on Monday.
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“The Library building suffered damage and loss, not just to paint, walls, floors, furniture, windows, doors, and offices but also to the fire system and other important safety elements, and technology like staff and lab computers and classroom projectors,” PSU said.
As many as 75 pro-Palestine protesters occupied the library as they called for a ceasefire in Gaza in early May. Following nearly three days of the occupation, the Portland Police Bureau cleared the building and ultimately arrested 22 people over the course of the day. This included just seven students.
In a joint statement released later in the month, President Ann Cudd and the Associated Students of PSU said they were “proud of the PSU students who have engaged in non-violent activism” — but they condemned demonstrators who participated “in any violence, property destruction and harmful rhetoric.”