Hundreds of Yale graduates staged a walkout from the university's graduation ceremony in Newhaven on Monday. The protesting students could be seen waving Palestinian flags as well as banners ...

NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - Yale students walked out of their commencement ceremony on Monday as they continue to call on the school to stop investing in weapons manufacturers.

It reads: "During Yale University’s 323rd commencement held today on the university’s Old Campus, a number of graduating students chose to peacefully walk out during the ceremony.

My immigrant parents never visited me while I was a student at Yale, but they came to my graduation. They didn't fit in with the other families, and they often apologized for their presence.

They both felt like outsiders at Yale. Thomas even put a 15 cent cigar sticker on his Yale Law degree to mock its worth. I tore mine up the day of graduation. In the presence of my parents.