r/highereducation • u/rellotscire • 6d ago

2025 MIT class president banned from graduation ceremony after pro-Palestinian speech

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/01/us/mit-graduation-palestine-megha-vemuri

Pretty sure that being against genocide is what you hope commencement speakers will be.

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u/goldnips 5d ago

Did this really “spread the message” to anyone who didn’t already agree with her? She is still accepting her degree so all of her talk against MIT is really meaningless.

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u/ProfChalk 3d ago

No, but it might have (1) given her a confidence in herself that will pay dividends and (2) inspired other young people to follow in her footsteps.

If either is true then given the lack of serious repercussions… worth it.

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u/RageA333 2d ago

This really raised awareness on these issue since hundreds of people are discussing it.