The order is the latest escalation in the standoff between administrators and protesters that began April 18 when about 100 protesters were arrested by New York City police. Pro-Palestinian protests have since popped up at college campuses across the country,with arrests on Mondayat Virginia Tech, as well as Case Western Reserve University and the University of Georgia, according to local reports. The total number arrested on campuses nationwide over the last two weeks topped 1,000, according to Washington Post tracking. By midday Monday, protest leaders at Columbia asked supporters to “flood the campus” in response administrators’ demand they leave the encampment, and dozens of police officers…