Several Northwestern graduates walk out of United Center during commencement

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This class of 2024, which entered the university during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now leaving Northwestern with the school embroiled in controversy.

Northwestern University Pres. Michael Schill has been under fire for his April agreement with protest organizers to end a pro-Palestinian encampment."I'm feeling very proud," said Ann Miller, the parent of a graduate. "I think this class is, has shown a lot of resilience over the last four years, and I think they'll continue to."The more than 2,000 graduates were lauded at the United Center.

"I think if you're a university president, you're going to always have that kind of stuff. I don't hold it against him, you know. I think he tried his best," said Russell Cox, the parent of a graduate. That didn't stop several dozen graduates from walking out during remarks by the school's Board of Trustees chair."Our degrees are complicit, and especially in a ceremony that necessitates silence. That is something that we need to reject," said graduate Jordan Muhammad.

 

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