As Stanford President Richard Saller was giving remarks, shortly after Stanford’s official commencement ceremony began at Stanford Stadium on Sunday, hundreds of students walked out in protest of the university’s response to pro-Palestinian protesters’ demands over the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Richard Saller
The walkout followed months of student protests including two encampments and most recently, on June 5, an occupation the office of the school’s president.
In the wake of the protests, security measures were enforced for the event. Tickets were required to attend the event, only eligible graduates could request guest tickets and guests and graduates were subject to a clear bag policy.
Sunday’s ceremony was livestreamed and included a procession, President’s address, keynote speaker addresses, and degree conferrals. It was open to graduates and invited guests, and from processional start to recession of the stage members lasted approximately two hours.
A group called Stanford Against Apartheid in Palestine posted on Instagram earlier Sunday calling for students to walk out for a “People’s Commencement.”
The post invited graduates, friends and family “to walk out of the commencement into our alternative ceremony next to the stadium, to show support for divestment and honor Palestine this graduation weekend.”
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Err Rel - I believe I was referring to Obama. Did your tunnel vision direct you back to Trump for some reason?
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I can only hope these walkout students are identified clearly in video or photographs so employers have an idea as to what type of person they may be employing. We can only hope that many, if not all these employers, tell these particular students to keep on walking to another employer. The bigger question is what the parents of these students think, after spending potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars on the students’ educations.
Hey Stanford eggheads, perhaps Hamas should not have attacked Israel on Oct 7, 2023? Hamas started a fight and Israel is simply finishing it. Lesson, don't pick on someone who is 100 times strong and more equipped than you.
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