A group of graduates at Harvard’s commencement walked out Thursday chanting “Free, Free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus.
College commencements are being met this graduation season with a drumbeat of protests, walkouts and tense moments as the war in Gaza underscores a tumultuous year on many American campuses. But speeches delivered by celebrities, athletes and notable figures — normally meant to bring excitement and motivate graduates — are drawing controversy as well, and in ways not typically seen at such venerated events. During Harvard University’s commencement ceremony Thursday, a Jewish chaplain, Rabbi...
Jerry Seinfeld's week of difficult appearances continues, this time in Virginia. As soon as Seinfeld took the stage for a stand-up comedy set at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk on Saturday night, a man in the audience jumped up and yelled, "Free Gaza," TMZ reported. The audience immediately began booing the heckler and chanting "Jerry! Jerry!" as another bystander wrestled the protester into a headlock. Security escorted the man out of the building, but the show was interrupted by other protesters...
Jerry Seinfeld's become the #1 celeb target of pro-Palestinian protesters -- for the 2nd time in a week they went at him in public this time repeatedly heckling his stand-up routine, and fighting with other audience members. TMZ obtained this…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement on Thursday chanting “Free, free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus and a day after the school announced that 13 Harvard students who participated in a protest encampment would not be able to receive diplomas alongside their classmates. []
Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement chanting “Free, free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus
The Harvard's highest governing boars yesterday voted down a recommendation from faculty that would have allowed the students to get their degrees despite receiving suspensions for their role in in the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on campus. Professor Ryan Enos, who supported supported the students getting degrees, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss.
Gee, what could Jerry have done to deserve mockery?
Earlier this month, dozens of students walked out as the comedian delivered the commencement speech at Duke University
As President Joe Biden addressed Morehouse College students at their commencement ceremony on Sunday 19 May, several students in attendance expressed solidarity with Palestine. Some of the peaceful protesters sat with their back to Biden during his speech. One person in the back stood backwards with a raised fist. Others raised Palestinian flags or wore keffiyehs. Biden’s speech was an attempt to appeal to Morehouse’s demographic of young Black men, who campaign officials have noted signs of...
Seinfeld first revealed his obsession with the breakfast pastry in a joke-writing video for ‘New York Times’ in 2012
While President Joe Biden gave a commencement address (and received an