Posted on 05/13/2024 9:26:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Defiant Columbia University graduates wore zip-tie handcuffs, brandished pro-Palestinian signs and even went as far as tearing up a diploma on stage during the Ivy Leagueβs first commencement ceremonies last week.
The protesting students were caught on camera storming across the platform on Friday to accept their degrees during ceremonies that were significantly pared after weeks of violent anti-Israel demonstrations on campus.
In one of the most belligerent displays, Tarsis Salome, a Columbia social work graduate, charged forward with her zip-tied hands above her head as those in the audience cheered her on.
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Over 40 years ago the local High Schools were smart enough that, as a backstop against any sort of disruption, all the diploma folders they handed out on stage at their Graduation ceremonies were EMPTY. AFTER the entire event was OVER, everyone was sent backstage to get their actual Diplomas.
We had about 40 members of the Class who still needed to complete Summer school to get the last few credits they needed, but handling graduation the way they did let them participate in the official proceedings along with everyone else, which was a nice gesture on the part of the District.
Too bad Columbia et. al. aren’t quite so brilliant.
That would have been the smart way to do it.
You cannot legally destroy their transcripts unless they do something really awful like say “All Lives Matter”
Says who?
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