{"id":2231304,"date":"2024-04-26T20:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T00:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usc-senior-devastated-to-learn-graduation-is-canceled-cowardly-school-administrators-failed-her-twice-in-4-years\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T20:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T00:14:13","slug":"usc-senior-devastated-to-learn-graduation-is-canceled-cowardly-school-administrators-failed-her-twice-in-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usc-senior-devastated-to-learn-graduation-is-canceled-cowardly-school-administrators-failed-her-twice-in-4-years\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Senior Disheartened as Graduation Gets Canceled &#8211; School Admins Let Her Down Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusc-senior-devastated-to-learn-graduation-is-canceled-cowardly-school-administrators-failed-her-twice-in-4-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2231304&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The commentary \u200bby Michael Schwarz on April 26, 2024, \u2063discusses the cancellation of graduation ceremonies for\u2064 the 2020 \u2063high school seniors due to cowardice \u2062among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-private-school-students-anonymously-accused-school-officials-of-racism-the-school-caved\/\" title=\"Elite Private School Students Anonymously Accused School Officials Of Racism. The School Caved.\">school administrators<\/a>. The current situation sees some of these seniors facing a similar fate for their college graduation, highlighting challenges \u200dfaced by students\u200d amidst societal controversies and administrative decisions. Michael\u200b Schwarz&#8217;s commentary on April 26, 2024, addresses the cancellation of graduation ceremonies for the 2020 high school seniors, attributing it to the cowardice of school administrators. The present scenario indicates that\u2064 current\u200d college seniors may encounter a parallel situation, shedding light on the difficulties students endure amid social disputes and administrative choices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 26, 2024 at 2:56pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Four years ago, a lethal contagion spread across the United States. A plague of cowardice far deadlier than the coronavirus gripped school administrators throughout the land. And it claimed among its victims the high school seniors of 2020, who saw their graduation ceremonies canceled amid the panic.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, many of those same high school seniors of 2020 stand poised to graduate from college.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, however, in some places, they now face a new variant of that familiar contagion.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral video posted on the social media platform TikTok on Thursday, one University of Southern California senior used words such as \u201ccomical\u201d and \u201cshock\u201d to describe freshly received news that her school once again had deprived her of a graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/usc-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTLA-TV<\/a>, the Los Angeles university canceled the ceremony because of safety concerns stemming from anti-Israel protests on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, USC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-palestinian-valedictorian-enraged-speech-cancelled-university-betrayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled<\/a> the traditional commencement speech from valedictorian Asna Tabassum, a 21-year-old pro-Palestinian activist.<\/p>\n<p>Now, against the backdrop of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-jewish-students-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-soon-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ugly developments<\/a> on campuses across the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teen-who-reported-sexual-assault-at-school-suspended-even-after-boy-charged\/\" title=\"Teen Who Reported Sexual Assault at School Suspended, Even After Boy Charged\">school officials decided<\/a> to scrap the ceremony altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Ten minutes after the notification email arrived in students\u2019 inboxes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gracieflynn12\/video\/7361899957562969375?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">young woman on TikTok<\/a> expressed disbelief and frustration. That pathos-filled lament from \u201cgracieflynn12\u201d had 2.9 million views as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI literally just like, I just can\u2019t even, I\u2019m in shock right now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should schools have been more harsh on anti-Israel agitators from the start?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The young woman then explained that she and her classmates had also lost high school graduations to the COVID-19 pandemic, \u201cwhich we thought was like a one-time thing,\u201d and that they were simply \u201cunlucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So she thought it was a matter of bad fortune. Apparently, her USC education did not include modern history courses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/released-nih-emails-show-faucis-department-not-knew-gain-function-raised-alarm-years-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gain-of-function<\/a> research or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-poll-alleges-20-mail-voters-admit-cheating-2020-media-silent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mail-in ballots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, viewers watched as the young woman\u2019s other illusions about the world evaporated in real time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve all worked so hard to get here. USC, I\u2019m sure you know, is not an easy school to get into. And so everyone that goes here is very accomplished, like, had worked very hard to get in, and now they just canceled our freaking graduation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>There you have the modern undergraduate. Trophy cases full of affirmation undoubtedly convinced her to refer to herself and her peers as \u201caccomplished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In any event, her tendency to overstate her own and her peers\u2019 records of achievement should not obscure the fact that, on some level, she expected the world to reward merit.<\/p>\n<p>And she deserves credit for that. After all, not even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hateful-demonstrations-cripple-elite-college-campuses-opposite-happened-major-christian-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modern university education<\/a> could stamp out that most basic human yearning for actual justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, what now? What \u2014 like, what now?\u201d she asked, shrugging her shoulders. \u201cThey sent out an email 10 minutes ago about how they know it\u2019s disappointing but they\u2019re canceling it and they\u2019re gonna have other fun events, which, I don\u2019t even know what that means.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The matter-of-fact tone in her voice sounded more numb than outraged.<\/p>\n<p>The young woman then acknowledged the situation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/interviewers-simple-question-gets-nyu-protester-admit-no-idea-going-wish-educated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Israel protests<\/a> on campus. Without saying it in so many words, however, she also acknowledged administrators\u2019 cowardice and stupidity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel like there could have been a different way to go about this than to cancel the entire graduation for a class that never even got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-key-policy-areas-where-the-democratic-leadership-and-black-voters-disagree\/\" title=\"4 Key Policy Areas Where The Democratic Leadership And Black Voters Disagree\">high school graduation<\/a> either,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains crude language that some viewers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gracieflynn12\/video\/7361899957562969375\" data-video-id=\"7361899957562969375\">\n<section><a title=\"@gracieflynn12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@gracieflynn12?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@gracieflynn12<\/a> just so upsetting and disappointing <a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"usc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/usc?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#usc<\/a> <a title=\"uscgraduation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/uscgraduation?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#uscgraduation<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - gracie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7361900349399321374?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 gracie<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One \u201cdifferent way\u201d to handle violent protests would involve not tolerating them.<\/p>\n<p>But therein lies the cowardice. Having spent decades spewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-hate-christianity-kryptonite-marxism-filmmakers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marxist ideology<\/a> that divides people into oppressors or oppressed based on qualities such as skin color, administrators and faculty cannot rightly chastise the protesters without repudiating the ideology.<\/p>\n<p>And that ideology has proved to be the most virulent contagion of all.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45760\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45760\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45760\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45760\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45760\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Michael Schwarz on April 26, 2024, at 2:56 pm, a deadly contagion of cowardice swept through the nation four years ago. 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