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School authorities remove peace camps at CU, Auraria campuses

BOULDER (AP) - Residents of "Peace Camp/Shantytown" which was erected on the University of Colorado campus to protest the war in Iraq have been evicted by school officials.

No arrests were made, and the camp was dismantled in a few hours, officials at the school said.

The village had been set up on April 13, shortly after a similar Peace Camp at the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver was erected.

Authorities there also dismantled that village Tuesday to make way for Spring Fiesta, a campus event.

Protest leaders could have applied to move to a different site, but didn't.

"The main concern for a lot of us is that we're just tired. We've been fighting so hard, and the bombs did stop dropping," said Jeremy Bernier, 20, one of the organizers of the Auraria camp. "Reaction to it was good. It was great to address people's concerns about the war."

Leaders of the Boulder Peace Camp had asked school officials for a waiver of a policy that prohibits camping on school grounds, but it was denied.

Sanitation, general safety issues, and fire hazards were cited by school officials, who dispatched the officers.

"They wanted to do it as soon as possible after the recommendation was made (to deny the waiver) by the Committee on Use of University Facilities and affirmed by the chancellor," said Pauline Hale, a CU spokeswoman. "They felt it would just be better to do it first thing in the morning."

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