Given the cancellation of USC’s main graduation ceremony, and the possibility of other colleges and universities following suit, I’m feeling very sorry for the '24 undergrad seniors, who have already gone through disrupted HS graduations as members of the HS class of '20.
Now that I think about it, many of them were born in 2001, the year of 9/11.
As a 60’s kid, it makes me think of “Born Under a Bad Sign”
What did I miss? Why are they cancelling graduations?
Gaza protest disruptions.
USC is still keeping the department ceremonies, which is where the students walk across the stage and receive their diplomas.
After I watched this on the news I felt so bad for everyone. My son’s university was cancelled during Covid and it was just a heartbreaker for all of us. They were allowed to attend the following year’s in the stadium, but no parents allowed then. Such a disappointment.
The class of 24 seems to have borne the brunt of the covid burden. Sad for them.
I am not much of a ceremony person. To me, missing graduation ceremony seems marginal compared to missing out the entire freshman year experience on campus. That was so unfortunate.
It was. And it colored their remaining 3 years on campus, per the Dartmouth study.
This more reminds me of 1970 when all college graduations at public universities in Ohio were cancelled after the Kent State deaths. That year, students were given 24 hours to get out of town with whatever they could carry. Students were assigned times in June to retrieve their belongings. No classes, no exams, no graduation.
This time it’s the kids’ doing.
Well, some of the students. As well as their indulgent and overwhelmingly lefty profs and administrators.
Unlike Covid that’s self inflicted
And that of the administrations, which failed to immediately remove the tents as soon as they were set up.
I’ve seen a lot of news with students stating it was the law enforcement that was causing the problems - don’t recall if that was USC, UTA, or Emory but maybe all of them. Peaceful protests on campuses by students (and professors) is not a bad thing regardless if whether you agree with them or not.
Peaceful isn’t the only criteria. Criminal trespass is a problem. Failure to follow college rules and policies regarding protests is a problem. Threats, harassment and intimidation are all problems.
These schools are final exam week(s). Nice to see that academics is now a hobby for the protestors.
Yep. If you can’t think of anything else just blame it on law enforcement.
A much recurring theme.
A lot of those students do not have a full understanding of what they are protesting. They have the right to peaceful protesting, but they have no right to make other students feel unsafe on campus. If I was an administrator I would have notified the students and their parents that they wou,d be expelled if they continued to “occupy” the campus. I am sure there would be plenty of students who would be happy to fill their spots. I do blame the administrators because it’s not fair to so many other students.
By the way, if they feel so strongly about their cause then do it without a mask.
I agree.
As it is slowly turning out, a lot of these “student protesters” are not actually students. It isn’t until they get booked after they are arrested that their actual identities are revealed. I’m waiting to see how many of them are foreign nationals who have overstayed their tourist visas…not students at all.
28 arrested/detained at Emory. 20 were students. The other 8?