Three buildings at Tulane University remained closed and classes inside them will be held remotely on Tuesday after a pro-Palestinian rally turned into a tent encampment outside of Gibson Hall and stayed in place Tuesday morning. 

About 30 protesters lingered around at least seven tents early Tuesday morning on the grass lawn outside of Gibson Hall. 

The group has water and food laid across tarps. Tulane University Police Department and New Orleans Police Department cars parked in Cowen Circle, and officers in the area did not engage with the encampment around 8:30 a.m. 

Tulane will keep Gibson, Tilton Memorial and Dinwiddie Halls closed Tuesday, Tulane President Mike Fitts said in a message to students around 3 a.m. 

Staff will work from home and classes in those buildings will be held remotely on Tuesday “due to the continued unlawful protest activity taking place on the lawn in front of Gibson Hall,” Fitts said. 

Fitts said an “overwhelming number” of the protesters are unaffiliated with Tulane. 

But a tent encampment that formed on the lawn Monday night remained there Tuesday morning. 

Police made six arrests Monday night after the protesters marched from Freret Street to St. Charles Avenue and began pitching tents on the lawn in front of the university. It is unclear if any of the arrested protesters are Tulane students. 

But Tuesday morning, the university and protesters remained in a standoff that has become a familiar scene at colleges and universities around the country in recent weeks. 

Police made no further arrests late Monday night despite several warnings that they would do so if protestors did not clear the lawn. Police and campus administrators did not provide clues on how they would act Tuesday or if more arrests were imminent. 

The lawn is closed to all students, faculty and staff and Cowen Circle is closed to traffic, Fitts said. 

“We will provide updates on this unfolding situation as they become available,” he wrote. “We continue to work with local and state law enforcement on next steps in ending this unlawful protest in a way that ensures the safety of our community.”