Columbia grad Robb Dalgleish, 31, and his classmate Jeff Pew spoke about the ongoing protests at the Ivy League institution. Dalgleish, who is from Canada, said he understands the rights and reasons behind protests, but is disappointed they are disrupting the graduation atmosphere and campus community. “We were meant to have a group of 30 people here taking photos together tonight. And then a bunch of them didn’t feel safe coming up so they decided to stay home.
He originally hails from California, but has lived in NYC for 15 years, “That’s the main thing. We’ve talked a lot about this. Freedom of speech. Peaceful protests. That’s fine. I hope that during commencement we can just graduate with a pure mindset of honoring the time that we spent.
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