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Youssef Hasweh on Instagram: "I’m not getting my diploma at graduation Myself and 3 other seniors were notified that UChicago won’t confer our degrees at graduation this weekend. Despite finishing 4 rigorous and excruciating years of undergrad This comes off the heels of the university already having me and other students arrested & criminalized. The 4 of us have been targeted for “possibly” participating in campus-wide protests which a large majority of our student body has. We assumed we’d have criminal records before degrees. And now we might not even have that We’ve done the work. We deserve our degrees. Standing on the side of justice shouldn’t negate that. Sign, call, write to tell UChicago this is not okay. We need more support"
www.instagram.com53K likes, 1,228 comments - youssefhasweh on May 30, 2024: "I’m not getting my diploma at graduation
Myself and 3 other seniors were notified that UChicago won’t confer our degrees at graduation this weekend. Despite finishing 4 rigorous and excruciating years of undergrad
This comes off the heels of the university already having me and other students arrested & criminalized.
The 4 of us have been targeted for “possibly” participating in campus-wide protests which a large majority of our student body has.
We assumed we’d have criminal records before degrees. And now we might not even have that
We’ve done the work. We deserve our degrees. Standing on the side of justice shouldn’t negate that.
Sign, call, write to tell UChicago this is not okay. We need more support". Chicago, degree, graduation, encampment, demonstration
A degree should have no sensitivity towards anything outside of the classroom. Did you pass all the classes you needed to? You get your degree. Full stop.
This is only for the ceremony.
Ah. I personally wouldn’t care, then. In fact, I would be honored in this situation l. But, I’m sure there are those that would feel differently.