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Columbia University President Is Booed at Commencement Ceremony
For the second day in a row, Columbia University students critical of the administration delivered a chorus of boos toward the acting president, Claire Shipman, during her speech at the main commencement ceremony on Wednesday.
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“Please welcome the acting president of the university, Claire Shipman.” [graduates booing] “Families, you have given us a gift — thank you. And, graduates, it is time to give the world your gifts. So with that, let me turn to you, the nearly 16,000 graduates of the Columbia Class of 2025. You are the best of us. We firmly believe that our international students have the same rights to freedom of speech as everyone else — [graduates booing] and they should not be targeted by the government for exercising that right. I know many in our community today are mourning the absence of our graduate, Mahmoud Khalil.” Chanting: “Free Mahmoud.”
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