Sentence examples for cancelled commencement from inspiring English sources
In the years since, restrictive campus speech codes have been widely repealed, which is why modern free-speech advocates are often left to battle less draconian forms of censorship, like cancelled commencement addresses.
At least three prominent leaders — former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, and former UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau — cancelled their commencement speeches this spring after a typhoon of campus activism.
In 1991, another series of protests prompted classes to be canceled and commencement to be delayed.
Finals were canceled and commencement was postponed.
In recent days and weeks, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde, former University of California-Berkeley ChancelloRobert Birgeneauau have all canceled scheduled commencement addresses.
Norcross's interiors provided insight into European decorative arts: The 1914 Musée des Arts Décoratifs (in the Louvre) was to have exhibited her works, but the show was cancelled due to the commencement of World War I.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy had to cancel his scheduled commencement address to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.
Longtime White House correspondent Thomas had been forced to cancel her planned commencement address at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, following the firestorm over her controversial remarks about Israel.
A Houston university has canceled an upcoming commencement speech by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), days after protesters booed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos at another historically black university's graduation.
A large group of faculty at Smith College are speaking out after a protest pushed International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde to cancel her planned commencement address, which was set for Sunday.
New Jersey's Kean University has cancelled hip-hop artist Common as commencement speaker after police voiced concerns over a song about a woman convicted of killing a police officer who fled to Cuba.
