USC sparks backlash for canceling main stage commencement ceremony: 'Caving to campus terrorists'
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USC announced Thursday it is scrapping its main stage commencement ceremony for its 2024 graduates after its campus was shut down when anti-Israel protests erupted.
The university noted that individual school commencement ceremonies, doctoral hooding ceremonies and other celebrations and activities will still be held between May 8-11, though it warned students and their families to "allow more time" to get to their commencements due to heightened security measures. Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
Among the outlined safety measures include showing tickets in order to be granted access to the USC campus as well as attendees and their bags being screened, with "a clear bag policy."
On this day in history, May 4, 1979, 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher becomes first female PM of the UK
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