{"id":2233678,"date":"2024-04-30T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-anarchists-rob-covid-students-of-their-second-graduation-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:00:07","slug":"anti-israel-anarchists-rob-covid-students-of-their-second-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-anarchists-rob-covid-students-of-their-second-graduation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel Activists Steal Second Graduation from Covid-affected Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fanti-israel-anarchists-rob-covid-students-of-their-second-graduation-ceremony%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=2233678&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>Students face challenges\u200b with \u200bgraduations. Anti-Israel\u2062 protests disrupt USC&#8217;s ceremonies, forcing cancelations due to safety reasons,\u200c impacting 65,000 attendees. An encampment led \u200dto 93 arrests. Despite \u200dthe main \u200bceremony cancellation, individual school ceremonies will proceed. Students express shock \u200cand disappointment; without <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> experiences, they feel deprived of a \u2064proper celebration.  <\/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<div>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This year\u2019s class of graduating college students has some pretty bad luck. After missing out on their high school graduation four years ago due to unscientific Covid lockdowns, many of these same students are at risk of losing their college commencement because of the ongoing anti-Israel demonstrations that are plaguing campuses across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it\u2019s already happening at institutions such as the University of Southern California (USC), which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/25\/us\/usc-cancels-graduation-campus-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> plans late last week to cancel its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-starts-suspending-students-defying-order-to-vacate-protest-encampment\/\" title=\"Columbia suspends students who refuse to leave protest camp\">main-stage commencement ceremony<\/a> for graduating seniors. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/25\/us\/usc-cancels-graduation-campus-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, \u201cThe university said that it could not host the ceremony, which was scheduled for May 10, because of new safety measures that would have increased the amount of time needed on the day to process the 65,000 students and guests who usually attend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school will, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-announces-2024-commencement-celebrations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">host<\/a> a series of individual \u201cschool ceremonies,\u201d where students \u201ccross the stage, have their names announced, are photographed and receive their diplomas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like many prominent American universities, USC has been a staging ground for left-wing anarchists demonstrating against Israel and its response to Hamas\u2019 horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attack, which left roughly 1,200 civilians dead. The formation of an unauthorized encampment on university grounds led to the arrests of 93 people last week, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-04-24\/usc-pro-palestinian-encampment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>  Speaking about USC\u2019s main-stage commencement cancellation, one purported student said in a recorded video that she is \u201cin shock\u201d the college would make such a decision, especially given how many of this year\u2019s graduates were also denied a high school commencement due to Covid restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, as a whole senior class, have never had a real graduation,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve all worked so hard to get here \u2026 and now they just canceled our freaking graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in shock right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USC student laments school canceling graduation due to pro-Hamas protests.<\/p>\n<p>These same students missed out on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-palestinian-protests-threaten-graduation-ceremonies\/\" title=\"Protests Supporting Palestine Pose Threat to Graduations\">high school graduation due<\/a> to COVID. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJ9gmJfDU6\">pic.twitter.com\/EJ9gmJfDU6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freedomcenterlu\/status\/1785017503779033431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To be sure, college leaders having to grapple with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/30\/campus-radicals-go-bananas-at-the-colleges-that-created-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antisemitic<\/a> leftists and illegal encampments deserve no sympathy. These administrators have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/how-did-universities-get-so-woke-look-administrators-opinion-1635078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/28\/bates-college-faculty-subjected-to-toxic-dei-struggle-sessions-by-administrators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushed<\/a> anti-Westernism and Marxist ideology in these universities for years. The pro-Hamas cultural revolutions now engulfing their college \u201csafe spaces\u201d are monsters of their own creation. <\/p>\n<p>But not every student attending these universities endorses these ideologies or backs the demonstrations. By refusing to enforce the law and punish the unlawful conduct of these anarchists, universities are robbing graduates of the opportunity to have their hard work publicly acknowledged and celebrated. <\/p>\n<p>Graduation \u2014 whether for high school or college \u2014 is a big moment for families. For students, it\u2019s a recognition of the years of studying and research it took to get to that moment. It similarly acknowledges the role of parents in raising their children and providing them the skills necessary to acquire a degree. <\/p>\n<p>Attending graduation may not be every student\u2019s cup of tea. And that\u2019s OK. But taking away students\u2019 opportunity to participate in such a celebration because university leadership is unwilling to punish lawbreaking by unruly leftists is not. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s graduating college students face unfortunate circumstances. 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