Columbia University, USC cancel commencement ceremonies due to protests over war in Gaza

Columbia University announced Monday it is canceling its main commencement ceremony amid the campus protests over the war in Gaza. They're the latest school to change plans as the demonstrations continue. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston is at the University of Southern California, which also canceled its commencement ceremony.

[Maddawg]

It’s time for the Deans of both universities to resign. This is a massive defeat of higher ed

[LindaGuy-ygju]

A few people ruining it for everyone. They need expelled.

[ItsDatCajunStuff]

All these kids ruined graduation for everyone for a conflict they just learned of and won't care about in a year from now.

[jenniferslatten]

END FEDERAL FUNDING, LOANS & GRANTS! Federal funding of universities, 2023:
Columbia: $1.2 billion
Penn: $955.6 million
NYU: $805.5 million
Yale: $776.8 million
Cornell: $736.2 million
Harvard: $676.1 million
UT Austin: $645 million
Berkeley: $451.4 million
Princeton: $403 million
GWU: $200.2 million

[joecrow]

My daughter is graduating from Columbia. I used to want to be admitted there but now I am glad I went elsewhere.

[uf]

Nothing works better to get your point across than making people hate you! 😂

[darkjack]

Peaceful protesters don't hide their faces (intentions) or replace their own country with another.

[eicxprr]

We would have been dealing with the same thing in workplaces if Google had not taken a strong stance

[pentegarn]

Might as well cancel everything if the cops are going to let the mob rule?

[goldengirl]

Just not fair to students worked so hard. Protests are not changing anything, but create more hard feelings. 😢

[Fuego-si]

So the kids that didn't get a high school graduation due to covid now don't get one due to protests. That really sucks!

[michaeltudda]

hhahaah Another reason to simply never give your cash to a collge.

[rederickfroders]

It wouldve been all good if these people wouldve denounced Hamas but they wont...

[frankkcwu]

There are so many peaceful protests in our great country who protect freedom of speech. It is so sad to see so many disappointed students and their families due to this unlawful protests.

[philspd]

Gotta show id to go to class but not to vote ... 🤔

[tbd-]

LMAO. Look at these losers ruining their academic careers

[liberatedwoman]

They’re going to have a lot of disappointments in the future. This one is minor, compared to the future ones.

[autumnfragrance]

These are your best Universities... therefore We students represent your best and brightest intellectuals. You people should be listening and learning from Us. We are the new majority and you will soon learn the difference between a Republic and Progressive Democracy.

[DoubleO-]

Interested in seeing how this affects donations from these new alumni… oh wait, they’re broke 😂

[jeremiasrobinson]

How has history tended to view mass student protests that are met with heavy-handed police crackdowns?