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Anti-Israel Columbia grads wear zip ties, rip diplomas on stage during commencement
NY Post ^ | 05/13/2024 | Doree Lewak and Emily Crane

Posted on 05/13/2024 9:26:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Defiant Columbia University graduates wore zip-tie handcuffs, brandished pro-Palestinian signs and even went as far as tearing up a diploma on stage during the Ivy League’s first commencement ceremonies last week.

The protesting students were caught on camera storming across the platform on Friday to accept their degrees during ceremonies that were significantly pared after weeks of violent anti-Israel demonstrations on campus.

In one of the most belligerent displays, Tarsis Salome, a Columbia social work graduate, charged forward with her zip-tied hands above her head as those in the audience cheered her on.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiisrael; columbia; diplomas; zipties
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I will pitch in for airfare to send these idiots to Gaza
1 posted on 05/13/2024 9:26:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wonder how their parents felt, seeing their child ripping that diploma up, this after the family has spend ‘Tons’ of money on tuition. They should have bought a second house instead, or maybe that hot rod Dad really wanted for himself.


2 posted on 05/13/2024 9:29:25 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is a great example of why voting before age 21 should only be for those serving in the military.


3 posted on 05/13/2024 9:31:05 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: lee martell

They can just ask for another copy


4 posted on 05/13/2024 9:31:09 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Put someone in charge who will erase their records of earning a diploma.


5 posted on 05/13/2024 9:33:48 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I will gladly contribute to a fund to airdrop these assorifices onto Iran


6 posted on 05/13/2024 9:34:05 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Graduate: I seen the ripping up stuff on TV when Nancy Pelosi did it. The Bill of Rights or whatever it was. She really stole the show that time.


7 posted on 05/13/2024 9:34:24 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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Defiant Columbia University graduates wore zip-tie handcuffs, brandished pro-
Palestinian signs and even went as far as tearing up a diploma on stage..

May they enjoy a long and unhappy penniless career camping under a bridge.

8 posted on 05/13/2024 9:35:13 AM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Total morons.


9 posted on 05/13/2024 9:39:18 AM PDT by yldstrk ( )
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RE: I will gladly contribute to a fund to airdrop these assorifices onto Iran.

A nice idea.
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10 posted on 05/13/2024 9:40:07 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

An actual diploma is not given out at commencement. But I do really hope they ripped up their actual diplomas.


11 posted on 05/13/2024 9:44:24 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (The kernel of our firm's job is to go with lots. - tnlibertarian job offer letter)
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I’m so glad I have nothing to do with academia.


12 posted on 05/13/2024 9:44:29 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: lee martell

It will be you paying the tuition. Very many of these parents can’t afford the 80K tuition so they depend on student loans which will now be excused with taxpayers paying it off. Also TAP Grants and work study programs, paid by taxpayers. If the parents don’t want them back home they’ll find some job but more importantly they’ll find a commune type loft in Bushwick B’kln .


13 posted on 05/13/2024 9:45:27 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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“They can just ask for another copy”

Or they can accede to her wishes and rescind her degree. Which of course does nothing for any outstanding student debts, which she will still owe. And if her parents paid her tab, they will notify them that her tuition is non-refundable.


14 posted on 05/13/2024 9:46:28 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did <img src="you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They have to step up their game. They need to start raping and beheading people on stage in tribute to hamas. Ripping up your diploma is a joke.


15 posted on 05/13/2024 9:46:38 AM PDT by freefdny
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That’s where Columbia says: “Sorry, that’s the only copy and without it, you can’t access your transcripts.”


16 posted on 05/13/2024 9:47:02 AM PDT by econjack
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Ripping diplomas up.
So nice to see that Nancy Pelosi is their mentor .


17 posted on 05/13/2024 9:47:59 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: lee martell

They will probably demand that the school replace the diploma for nothing. That is the way these idiot people think.


18 posted on 05/13/2024 9:50:57 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m sure this brat will in the future also be one of these “I deserve a higher salary, I have a degree!” people. Also, glad she was named early in the article. Just about every prospective employer still does searches on applicants. I’m sure they’ll “love” seeing this behavior come up.


19 posted on 05/13/2024 9:51:02 AM PDT by richmwill
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To: ChicagoConservative27; pookie18

20 posted on 05/13/2024 9:52:06 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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