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Occupy Seattle facing eviction from college

The Columbian
Published: December 4, 2011, 4:00pm

SEATTLE (AP) — Occupy Seattle demonstrators may be on the move again.

Seattle Central Community College won a court ruling last week and said it would post a rule banning camping early this week. Spokeswoman Patricia Paquette said campers would be given a 72-hour notice before eviction enforcement.

About 100 campers have been living in tents at the Capitol Hill campus since Oct. 29, after they were forced out of Westlake Park in downtown Seattle where they clashed with police over camping.

College trustees say the campers have created security and sanitation problems.

On Saturday police arrested 16 Occupy Seattle demonstrators who broke into a Capitol Hill building and refused to leave.

Demonstrators have been protesting Wall Street influence and state spending cuts.

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