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High school student denied diploma after praising Jesus in his 'off-script' graduation speech
A Kentucky high school allegedly held a graduate's diploma when the student went off script during his graduation speech to preach his belief in Jesus.
Biden repeats 2022 Naval Academy appointment story at West Point commencement
Biden previously told the same story to graduating midshipmen in 2022.
Biden bizarrely suggests he was VP during pandemic in latest blunder
In his latest gaffe, President Biden on Sunday said that things had gotten "kinda bad" when he was Vice President during the pandemic — even though COVID-19 hit three years...
Biden applauds call for ceasefire in Gaza at Morehouse College commencement
Valedictorian Deangelo Fletcher, who spoke before Biden's commencement address, stopped short of any direct rebuke of the president but called for an "immediate and a permanent ceasefire."
UMass Dartmouth grads surprised with $1,000 from billionaire commencement speaker — under one condition
"These trying times have heightened the need for sharing, caring, and giving," Hale said.
Students sue CUNY Law School over ban on commencement speakers
Eight CUNY Law School students are suing the embattled institution claiming it violated federal censorship rules by nixing student-selected speakers, who have recently been anti-Israel, at commencement.
Jerry Seinfeld actually had a great message for Duke graduation protesters — too bad they missed it
For a man who created a show about nothing, Seinfeld offered lot of meaningful principles. Too bad the most self-serious members of Duke's audience missed his advice.
'Misunderstood' Ohio State commencement speaker defends viral speech he wrote on ayahuasca: 'Did not expect the boos'
“I am the most misunderstood person right now in this world,” he proclaimed. “And it’s OK because people will eventually understand. But right now, it is what it is.”
Ohio State commencement speaker was on ayahuasca when he wrote cringe-worthy speech peddling bitcoin, forcing sing-alongs
College grads weren't high on this hallucinogenic-fueled speech.
Jewish activists want CUNY Law dean fired, stripped of credentials over 'hate speech'
Jewish activists are demanding that CUNY brass fire law school dean Sudha Setty for allowing grad student Fatima Mousa Mohammed to deliver a "hate speech."
CUNY prof sounds alarm on 'far-left lunatics' running school after commencement speech
"The problem is not" the "idiot" student, "the problem is that you have faculty condoning, OK'ing and pushing this forward," CUNY professor Jeffrey Lax said of the "far left, Marxist...
Lin-Manuel Miranda encourages Hunter College graduates in 'age of online misinformation'
"The times and challenges that greet you are greater than those faced by Jonathan [Larson] or myself or anyone in history," the "Hamilton" producer said.
CUNY Law — where radicals go to spit on the profession they study
Fatima Mousa Mohammed of Queens took the occasion of her graduation from the City University of New York School of Law to spray a little poison on the people who...
CUNY brass FINALLY condemns student's 'hate speech' address against Israel, NYPD, military
Top officials at the City University of New York slammed a student speaker at its law school commencement for calling the NYPD "fascist" and accusing Israel of indiscriminately murdering Palestinians.
College graduation commencement speakers overwhelmingly liberal, segregated ceremonies on the rise: survey
The Young America's Foundation (YAF) released two studies showing "concerning patterns within commencement ceremonies at the top 100 colleges and universities in the United States."
ChatGPT wrote my graduation speech — then I went off-script to blast school
"Every single point Mr. Morales addressed has been discussed with our new administration," said Hank McFarland, president of the Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education.
Conservatives are all but shut out of university commencement ceremonies
In 2022, just three conservatives were invited to give commencement addresses at the top 100 schools as ranked by U.S. News and World Report.
Fauci rips into Trump, GOP during commencement speech at NYC college
Dr. Anthony Fauci took a barely veiled swipe at former President Donald Trump and Republicans while speaking to more than 3,700 graduates of the City College of New York Friday.
Biden urges students to take up public service in college address
President Biden urged students at the University of Delaware not to lose hope in America.
Confused, Joe? Biden claims he applied to Naval Academy — but dates don't add up
Biden said he applied to Annapolis, but the year he cited — 1965 — is the same year he graduated from the University of Delaware.