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Editor\u2019s note: Amatullah Hakim is a former Daily staffer. Hakim did not contribute to the reporting or editing of this article.<\/em><\/p>\n Tuesday afternoon marked the beginning of the \u201cPopular University for Palestine Freedom School<\/a>,\u201d a four-day series of educational, social and artistic events hosted by the TAHRIR Coalition<\/a> and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality<\/a>, two campus groups calling<\/a> for the University to divest<\/a> its endowment<\/a> from companies tied to the Israeli government. The Freedom School will run through Friday, starting each afternoon at 1 p.m., and events will largely take place on the lawn at State Street and North University Avenue from early afternoon to late evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Freedom School\u2019s introduction event, attended by about 30 individuals, was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a reading circle, history lesson and film screening. Despite most of the lawn being fenced off for construction<\/a>, TAHRIR set up the event on a small annex on North University Avenue. An hour before the event, students were already setting up blankets and folding chairs, tying large Palestinian flags to trees and hanging a banner that read \u201cFREEDOM SCHOOL FOR PALESTINE.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n As the event began, organizers offered food to attendees and sold keffiyehs, from which the profits would be donated to families in Gaza. Students handed flyers advertising the events to pedestrians while music played over a loudspeaker.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n