New story at In These Times:

On the evening of May 17, the New College class of 2024 sat under the watchful eye of cops, security guards and surveillance cameras, all trained on their faces, waiting for them to misstep. They’d passed through stringent security to enter their own graduation after a uniquely trying four years: entering college amid a pandemic; having their third year consumed by a made-for-media takeover of their school’s administration; and, for many, spending their senior year living in off-campus hotels, their dorms given to new students recruited to take their place. 

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