Student slams Harvard in graduation speech for barring pro-Palestine classmates

A Harvard student slammed her university for subjective action towards 13 students being denied their graduation due to their pro-Palestine stand.

“As I stand here today, I must take a moment to recognize my peers—the 13 undergraduates in the class of 2024 who will not graduate today,” Shruthi Kumar, an Indian American from Nebraska



said.

Thirteen students have been barred by Harvard’s governing against their graduation even as the university’s faculty of arts and sciences voted for them to have their degrees conferred.

“The students have spoken. The faculty have spoken,” Kumar said amongst a standing ovation. Shruthi asked: “Harvard, do you hear us?”