Pro-Palestinian protesters assaulted an employee in a forced takeover of Milbank Hall at Barnard College late Wednesday as administrators warned additional steps may be needed to end the protest,

Dozens of pro-Palestine student protesters occupied Barnard College’s Milbank Hall on Wednesday, February 26, demanding the reversal of the expulsion of two students who allegedly stormed a classroom in early January and distributed fliers with anti-Israel rhetoric.

Barnard College officials say pro-Palestinian protesters pushed their way into Milbank Hall, which houses the offices of the dean, and assaulted a school employee.