spamfajitas@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•Harvard board bars 13 pro-Palestine student protesters from graduating, overruling faculty
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4 months agoThe fun thing is that people say “I graduated” or “I’m graduating” but it’s technically more correct to say “I am being graduated (by the university).” I might be mixing it up a bit, but the idea is that the university always has the final say over whether or not you get that important piece of paper at the end.
One of my teachers in high school taught us this, but I never actually thought I’d see it in action. It’s cruel.
It’s possible I just haven’t come across those types of comments you’re making fun of, but I usually just see people making the case that we don’t need new, possibly overreaching, legislation to handle these situations. They want to avoid a disingenuous “think of the children” kind of situation.
I’m not familiar with their legal system but I would be willing to bet the crimes they’ve committed were already illegal under existing laws.