When USC canceled the main-stage commencement ceremony, Jewish leaders on campus saw an opportunity. Before about 19,000 graduates walked across stages on Friday to receive their degrees in smaller school satellite ceremonies, USC’s Hillel hosted a graduation event for Jewish students and their families — a moment to gather in unity amid weeks of campus turmoil over Israel-Hamas war protests. “A lot of people have been trying to take these joyful moments away from us,” said Mark Rayant, 26, who...
Columbia University caved to the mob and let the unruly anti-Israel radicals on campus win. Last week, Columbia President Minouche Shafik finally allowed the NYPD Read More
The Ivy League school says it will hold smaller celebrations to focus on "keeping them safe".
Student protesters occupy tents outside Hamilton Hall on Columbia University's campus on April 30, 2024. The university said commencement events will instead focus on smaller, school-based celebrations. [ more › ]
Nope, it's not what you think. It wasn't pro-Hamas protesters—this time.
No valedictorian speech. No celebrity speakers. No main-stage ceremony, and no massive graduate walk to "Pomp and Circumstance" before tens of thousands of guests. Instead, USC's graduating seniors are being thrown an alternative party Thursday night, a "Trojan Family Graduate Celebration," at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on the eve of smaller campus commencement ceremonies where diplomas are set to be awarded at individual school events. The Thursday night event was billed as an "electric...
Wednesday marks the beginning of an array of graduation-related events at USC, capped by a Thursday celebration at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. But amid security concerns and the school's response to the protests, many students voiced disappointment.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine has ties to progressive activism, including humanitarian work during the AIDS crisis and opposition to the Vietnam War. The unofficial graduation ceremony will be a celebration of the protests that roiled campus for months. [ more › ]
Asna Tabassum is a Muslim-American student whose remarks were canceled last month over security concerns on University of Southern California’s Los Angeles campus
USC became a focal point of Southern California's Palestinian protests following its decision to cancel a commencement speech by pro-Palestinian valedictorian Asna Tabassum in response to complaints about online posts that critics called antisemitic.
The bulk of USC’s individual school commencement ceremonies, which launched Wednesday without incident, will be Friday with scattered events on the weekend.
The bulk of USC’s individual school commencement ceremonies, which launched Wednesday without incident, will be Friday with scattered events on the weekend.