Israel protest usc articles
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USC Cancels Main Graduation Ceremony After Anti-Israel Protests
The University of Southern California (USC) has canceled its main graduation ceremony due to apparent security concerns after anti-Israel protesters tried to encamp and were removed by Los Angeles Police Department this week.
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LAPD arrests dozens at USC amid Israel-Hamas war protests
Los Angeles police officers arrived in riot gear at USC on Wednesday evening, arresting at least 35 people as they moved to clear an encampment at the center of campus formed in protest against the Israel-Hamas war. "Shame on you! Shame on you!" demonstrators chanted as police took away students and off-campus activists. The encampment in Alumni Park — where the university's main-stage commencement is scheduled to take place next month — went up before sunrise and grew by afternoon as students,...
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USC student recounts disappointment after graduation commencement was canceled due to anti-Israel protests
A senior at the University of Southern California (USC) responded to the cancelation of her school's commencement ceremony in an interview Monday. "It was genuinely devastating," USC senior Melina Feradouni said. "I was sitting in the classroom doing a final review session when I got the email from the [university] provost. It came to the point where my eyes began to water — I was so distraught, I had to ask the professor to excuse me. I was so heartbroken that everything I've worked for has...