The tradition of using commencement ceremonies as a platform to grind political axes has to stop. Graduating students work hard to earn their degrees, and deserve better than to be used as cheap political props. Cases in point:
NEW YORK -- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a "beyond dumb" remark about a fellow Democrat putting "a bullet between the president's eyes."
SourceDozens of faculty members and students at the New School turned their backs and raised signs to protest an appearance by Sen. John McCain at their graduation ceremony.
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