Amid Protests and Police Raids, US Schools Try to Keep the Peace at Graduation
At schools like the University of Southern California and Cal Poly Humboldt in northern California, leaders have canceled or moved key events off campus altogether. What are typically joyful ceremonies in which robed students cross stages to accept diplomas will have a different feel this month at many universities where pro-Palestinian protests and police crackdowns have upended the final days of the school-year.