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Graduation Speakers on Trump, Confidence and Bundt Cake
From Jasmine Crockett to Henry Winkler, commencement speakers urged the Class of 2025 to find their community and overcome ...
Scott Pelley Delivers Commencement Address: "Freedom Of Speech Is Under Attack," The Country Is "Calling You"
CBS News "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley condemned President Donald Trump and his administration during a ...
Here's the best advice for the Class of 2025 from 10 notable graduation speakers
Highlights from Class of 2025 graduation speakers include how to navigate AI, taking risks, building community — and Kermit ...
Commencement speeches aren’t for political grandstanding
The podium granted to these commencement speakers doesn’t belong to the speaker. It is a platform designed for a specific ...
Chinese student struck chord emphasizing humanity at Harvard commencement speech
Yurong “Luanna” Jiang never directly mentioned the Trump administration nor its multi-pronged attack on the university as she ...
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Harvard grad speaking about her viral global unity speech unaware of fight breaking out right behind her
A Chinese Harvard graduate was at a cafe discussing her widely-circulated commencement speech about unity amid "difficult ...
Who Is Megha Vemuri? Indian-American Banned From MIT Event For Pro-Palestine Speech
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has banned Indian-American student Megha Vemuri from her graduation ...
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An actually pro-Palestinian MIT graduation speech
In case of abuse, By now, readers already know the main graduation ceremony for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, my alma mater, was marred a few days ago by the generic anti-Israel and ...