Fireworks were fired at the encampment built by pro-Palestinian protesters, and both sides fired tear gas or other gas irritants at each other, according to the Daily Bruin, the UCLA student newspaper.
In Homer's epic, Achilles has been sitting out the war in an encampment; his appearance on the seashore is when the Greeks learn that he is going to rejoin the fray.
For Jo sat on the grass, with an encampment of boys about her, and a dirty–footed dog reposing on the skirt of her state and festival dress, as she related one of Laurie's pranks to her admiring audience.
Now, over the weekend, I had an opportunity to visit that encampment and things were peaceful as security looked on and really university officials not really intervening at this point.
Now in its second month, the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park (protesters prefer the old name of Liberty Park) is already a fixture on the tourist circuit.
It offers its residents a structured alternative to sleeping on the streets in night shelters or in informal tent encampments where the threat of drugs alcohol and crime exists.
Emergency responders have had to rescue and evacuate dozens of people, including a mobile home park here in the Coachella Valley and a homeless encampment along the San Diego River.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says the city has been reaching out to people without homes living in encampments along the city's river beds and other flood prone areas.