Anti-Israel Columbia grads wear zip ties, rip diplomas on stage during commencement

NY Post ^ | 05/13/2024 | Doree Lewak and Emily Crane

[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.

[econjack]

That's not the way it works if you graduate. What I'm saying is expel the student protestors and destroy their transcripts so they don't graduate. True, Columbia doesn't have the stones to do what's right.

[HKMk23]

Over 40 years ago the local High Schools were smart enough that, as a backstop against any sort of disruption, all the diploma folders they handed out on stage at their Graduation ceremonies were EMPTY. AFTER the entire event was OVER, everyone was sent backstage to get their actual Diplomas.

We had about 40 members of the Class who still needed to complete Summer school to get the last few credits they needed, but handling graduation the way they did let them participate in the official proceedings along with everyone else, which was a nice gesture on the part of the District.

Too bad Columbia et. al. aren’t quite so brilliant.

[lee martell]

That would have been the smart way to do it.

[AppyPappy]

You cannot legally destroy their transcripts unless they do something really awful like say “All Lives Matter”

[econjack]

Says who?

[Impala64ssa]

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

Or better yet find careers as motivational speakers 😀😀😝😝🤡🤡