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Opinion: The commencement USC students, and their parents, should have had
Last weekend as a parent, and 36 years ago as a student, I went to Michigan Stadium to be among tens of thousands for the annual graduation ceremony of the University of Michigan. On Saturday morning, I walked with my wife and daughter — and 87-year-old Grandma Nora — the mile from campus to the Big House, waited in a long security line and then climbed the steps to row 96, the top of the bleachers. Fifteen thousand students from 26 of the university’s schools were on the football field, my son...
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Oh, How Violent: Hollywood, USC, and the Sickness of Denial
USC Pro-Palestine encampment, YouTube screengrab. The encampments have gone. Tall metal riot fences ring USC. Underpaid security hovers nervously at metal detectors. They paw through your bag when you enter, past the receipts, gum, phone, AirPods, and the overdue library book you never even opened. They’re searching for something. A tent? A Palestinian flag? A keffiyeh? A signed declaration of your commitment against genocide? What they are searching for is unclear, and it’s apparent they...
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After USC canceled graduation, Jewish students held their own ceremony
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...