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JI7

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7. Why go there in the first place ? Why pay them hundreds of thousands to attend

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Mon May 13, 2024, 12:24 AM

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Columbia student ripped up her diploma on stage as a form of protest against Columbia University. [View all] RandySF May 12 OP

ooooooooo ... that's a blow Columbia will never recover from. marble falls May 12 #1

as i recall the diploma isn't in the folio. Students have to get them later. ZonkerHarris May 13 #2

True of most---so just performance "art"... hlthe2b May 13 #14

"I'm gonna show you!" (And get my real diploma in the mail) LeftInTX May 13 #3

Eh. FrenchCitizen May 13 #4

It's not a real diploma, which you can replace easily anyway Prairie Gates May 13 #5

P-E-R-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-V-E. EllieBC May 13 #6

Why go there in the first place ? Why pay them hundreds of thousands to attend JI7 May 13 #7

Exactly what I was going to say. Why an elite Ivy League establishment institution in the first place? betsuni May 13 #8

"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." - FZ JoseBalow May 13 #9

hope she properly disposed of the torn up doc nt msongs May 13 #10

she littered. ZonkerHarris May 13 #18

I'm sure she'll order another one at some point and also get her transcripts XorXor May 13 #11

Well THAT'S a meaningless gesture ... Straw Man May 13 #12

Doesn't the diploma represent HER four years of work? fierywoman May 13 #13

The diploma isn't even in her folio. xmas74 May 13 #16

Empty diploma cover. Empty protest. MineralMan May 13 #15

Bet her real diploma doesn't come now Johnny2X2X May 13 #17

A surface gesture made with nothing of substance inside Sympthsical May 13 #19

Oh very young, what will you leave us this time PatSeg May 13 #20

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