From the news coverage, one might think the protests at Colombia University were a Nazi riot. Classes cancelled. Jewish students saying they don't feel safe. A presidential condemnation of "antisemitic protests". Congressional inquires. Police lines. Etc.
But the photos just look like a bunch a people milling around with a few signs condemning genocide in Gaza. I can't tell for sure, because I'm not there, but so far the painting of these protesters as violent extremists looks like one of the biggest failures of journalism since the Iraq war. People were arrested, but the news doesn't say why. Violence? Trespassing? And which side were the arrested people on?
On the other hand, journalists are reporting chants of "long live the intifada" and behaviors like protestors barricading themselves in buildings. Of course, as with any loosely organized or disorganized protest there are the people holding signs and chanting slogans that are tonedeaf and counterproductive to the overall movement. But we don't seem to be seeing riots except in the word choices of journalists and critics of the protesters.