Sample Gates

The vigils are held in protest of the new policy restricting “expressive activity” to daytime hours. The policy is a response to an antiwar encampment in Dunn Meadow in the spring.

A group of a few hundred gathered at 7pm to protest the conflict in Gaza and demanded the resignation of several IU leaders.

Last month, the IU Board of Trustees passed a new “expressive activities” policy after criticism of the university’s handling of antiwar protests in the spring. The policy prohibits protests between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Police identified the man as 22-year-old Karsten Harshbarger from Indianapolis in a statement Wednesday.

The donor for IU’s Sample Gates, Edson Sample, died last month. He worked for the university in the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid for nearly 30 years, retiring in 1990.