Harvard graduates walk out of commencement after weeks of protests

The Hill ^ | 05/23/2024 | MIRANDA NAZZARO

[ChicagoConservative27]

Hundreds of graduates at Harvard University walked out of their commencement Thursday after the school announced 13 students who participated in the recent pro-Palestinian protests on campus would not be allowed to receive their diplomas with fellow students.

Groups of graduates walked out chanting “Free, Free Palestine” and “Let them walk, let them walk” in reference to the students barred from walking at the ceremony, The Associated Press reported.

A total of more than 1,000 students participated in the walkout, according to the school’s protest groups.

[MinorityRepublican]

As others have said, this generation of college graduates will be given professional jobs and take over as young leaders who gradually replace the Boomers in charge of.....everything.

AOC may be President by then.

I have to agree to you. According to a poll, Gen Z is pro-Hamas.

Previous generations are pro-Israel.

Gen Z kids were not born on 9/11/01.

So they do not see radical Islam as a threat.

The UK is no different.

They will replace Sunak soon (he's pro-Israel) and the Labor Party candidate is pro-Hamas.

[DAC21]

Hopefully Billionaire Harvard grad. Bill Ackman knows names and Blackballs these terrorist sympathizers from anything more than Street Sweeper employment.

[Honorary Serb]

I did not attend my Harvard PhD commencement because I had to go away to start my postdoc. So I got the diploma in the mail like everyone else (including those who went to commencement).

I still think that most of those who walked out of commencement will be sorry they did so-sooner or later. Those who will not be sorry are a bunch of crumb-bums anyway.

They also missed the nice lunch that is served after commencement! Maybe those who stayed to the end got extra food!

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[Agatsu77]

Don’t let them walk either.

[Honorary Serb]

Back in the day, one got gradual student loan forgiveness for doing any kind of teaching—even in a university.

I financed my undergraduate MIT education with a combination of scholarships, loans, and jobs. (My Harvard graduate education was all paid for by fellowships.)

Eventually, I ended up in a university faculty position—teaching and research. Because of my teaching, I received gradual forgiveness of my MIT student loans, until they were all paid off.

At least one can still get loan repayments for “ teaching science, technology, engineering, mathematics or career technical education courses”. But that probably does not include university teaching.

[P.O.E.]

We were out for a Sunday drive a while back and pulled into a roadside bar that had “Free Shots” on their billboard.

Turned out that was the name of the band.

We stayed anyway.

[FlingWingFlyer]

They should withhold the “Certificates of Participation” since they didn’t pay for them and don’t think they need them anyway. As long as they have a “I Went To Harvard” sweatshirt, they good.

[acapesket]

I wouldn’t give my kid a check for the HAHvud in 2011. If they weren’t so woke then, he could have gotten in... he’s White so that was out anyway. Even then they were only accepting woke kids from minorities.
you could go in as a normal kid, but they only produce A$$holes.
AKA that FAKE Zero.

[Honorary Serb]

....Out of how many graduates who DID NOT Walk out?....

The VAST MAJORITY of them!

By the way, the BIGGEST troublemaker at Harvard was not up for graduation— the African Kojo Acheampong 2026 (”Studying Computer Science and African American Studies.”)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kojo-acheampong-958908220/

He has been the ringleader of most of the pro-Hamas marches, demonstrations, etc.

If I were in charge at Harvard, I would EXPEL this SOB, and make sure that he NEVER works in computer technology! Maybe some Afro college or high school would hire him to teach Afro studies, and to bellyache about how Harvard expelled him! He NEVER should have been admitted to Harvard in the first place!

[LouAvul]

So? My last two degrees I had them just mail them to me.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

Harvard diplomas are now worth less to me then community college certificates.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Good idea, a 5% annual tax on all endowments could probably reduce the National debt by a goodly chunk.

[Eleutheria5]

Harv-tards sabotaging the rest of their lives. Fitting. Maybe now they’ll go to Gaza, hoping to get Rachel Corri-fied.