'SNL' takes aim at Columbia University students squandering tuition by skipping class to protest
New York Post - 2024-05-05T04:54:02.000Z

Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson played a Columbia University father who refused to see his daughter waste her tuition by protesting.

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