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Students at UChicago have disrupted the entire campus on commencement day as the university denies pro-Palestinian students the right to graduate and continues to fund and profit off of the genocide in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/IsL1IM0OlE
— SJP Chicago- طلاب لأجل العدالة في فلسطين (@sjpchi) June 1, 2024
Hundreds of University of Chicago students walked out of their graduation ceremony to show support for students who had their diplomas withheld over their involvement in pro-Palestinian tent camp on the campus. https://t.co/E9FQtHorqz pic.twitter.com/8PJ5UPdLEq
— WBBM Newsradio (@WBBMNewsradio) June 1, 2024
The kids are alright.
The US is becoming ungovernable.
Dozens of students protesting Israel’s ongoing military strikes in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement on Saturday as the school withheld the diplomas of four seniors over their involvement with a pro-Palestinian encampment.
The disruption to the rainy two-hour outdoor ceremony was brief, with shouts, boos and calls to “stop genocide”. A crowd of students walked out in between speeches and a demonstration followed the official ceremony. Some chanted as they held Palestinian flags while others donned traditional keffiyehs, black-and-white checkered scarves that represent Palestinian solidarity, over their robes.
Four graduating seniors, including Youssef Hasweh, were informed by email in recent days that their degrees would be withheld pending a disciplinary process related to complaints about the encampment, according to student group UChicago United for Palestine.
“My diploma doesn’t matter when there are people in Palestine and in Gaza that will never walk a stage again, who will never receive a diploma,” Hasweh said in a statement on Saturday. “What about them? Who’s going to fight for them?”
University officials acknowledged the walkout, saying the school is “committed to upholding the rights of students to express a wide range of views”, according to a statement.
Students have walked out of commencements at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others as protest camps have sprung up across the US and in Europe in recent weeks. Students have demanded their universities stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support its war in Gaza. Organizers seek to amplify calls to end Israel’s war with Hamas, which they describe as a genocide against the Palestinians.
This is going to happen at every school.
It’s going to start happening at more high schools.
The people will not tolerate this much further.
The US government can’t even be bothered to explain why they are supporting this genocide. The universities that are funding it have even less of an explanation.
University of Chicago is blocking seniors from graduating over their participation in pro-Palestine protests.
Officials won’t say what specific acts spurred the drastic move. https://t.co/T26gUe50qD pic.twitter.com/8mlbeReK6Q
— Block Club Chicago (@BlockClubCHI) May 31, 2024
