Virginia Commonwealth University is withholding the diploma of a Palestinian American student because of her campus activism. In a hearing Tuesday, officials examined the case of VCU student Sereen Haddad, who was told she would not receive her diploma at her graduation this year because of her participation in a peaceful memorial commemorating violent police arrests at a student encampment for…

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    VCU: “Our graduates go on to become game changers.”

    Students: peacefully protest genocide

    VCU: “No not like that”

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    Another university to avoid! I wonder if Columbia or VCU will eventually become viewed like Liberty U; just for right-wingers (neolibs included), untrustworthy, and with little degree value.