Over 350 protesters gathered to protest the Kent State’s investments in weapons manufacturing, and to show solidarity with Palestine and student protesters across the country. (WNV/Eman Abu-Khaled) By Camille Tinnin and Magdalen Weiss-Vopat / Waging Nonviolence If you grew up in Ohio, one of the first things that comes to mind when you hear “Kent State” is […]
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Blowing Off Class of 2024: Parent’s Criticism of USC’s Leadership on Commencement Day
Photo by Annette Ricchiazzi By Annette Ricchiazzi / Original to ScheerPost My daughter, a fourth generation USC Trojan, graduated last Friday. It happened without incident, and she is now a USC alum. I took into the two days of events the memory of my own USC student experience, which eventually led me to be a […]
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War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young, In the Thrall of a Dominant Death Culture
Photos of the Encampment for Gaza students have set up at Bryn Mawr College just outside of Philadelphia. Rain and studying for finals meant not many students were up and about early on a May 4 Saturday morning (Flickr) By Norman Solomon / TomDispatch Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in […]
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Gazans Salute University Students’ Uprising for Palestine
Displaced Palestinians thank American students for solidarity (Screenshot: Unicorn Riot) By Tareq S. Hajjaj / Mondoweiss As Israel’s invasion of Rafah has begun, people in Gaza are holding out hope that international pressure will force Israel to refrain from going further in its genocidal campaign. A part of that hope is tied to the heroic […]
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A Parent’s Revolt
Photo by Talia Mullin. By Annette Ricchiazzi / Original to ScheerPost A few years after graduating from USC, I proudly worked on campus in the office of university advancement, external relations and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. In the first of those jobs, I helped plan large university events such as Homecoming and the […]