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Columbia University Alumni burn diplomas on graduation day

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At least two anti-Israel protesters were arrested outside Columbia University during its annual commencement ceremony, as the NYPD tussled with a few dozen rowdy demonstrators across the street from the school’s main entrance.

The ceremony — attended by some 37,000 people — went relatively smoothly inside the gates, though acting President Claire Shipman’s commencement address was drowned out by raucous chants demanding the release of former graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by ICE agents in March and is currently awaiting deportation.

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