As soon as the echoes of the fight songs died down, the predictable exodus from the major programs resumed, with the big-name underclassmen waving bye-bye.
The recent exodus has surpassed the wave of Portuguese emigration in the 1960s that saw an unskilled labour force leave.
China's economic boom in the last decade has brought to shore a third wave: an exodus of 274,000 Chinese students in the last year alone, representing the largest group of internationals studying in America.
Nearly eighty thousand Tamils fled their homes to hastily established refugee camps during those weeks, which became known as Black July; others piled into boats to seek asylum in India — the first great wave of an exodus that has, over the intervening decades of war, created a global diaspora of hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils.
Nearly eighty thousand Tamils fled their homes to hastily established refugee camps during those weeks, which became known as Black July; others piled into boats to seek asylum in India the first great wave of an exodus that has, over the intervening decades of war, created a global diaspora of hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils.
The sight of endless lighters and phone torches waving along to Exodus and Get Up, Stand Up was a highlight.
Until now, most archaeological evidence has supported an exodus from Africa, or several waves of migration, along the Mediterranean coast or the Arabian shoreline between 80,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Later, between about 100 and 50 kya, a final exodus of H. sapiens (or successive waves of such emigrations) ultimately led to the replacement of those indigenous (albeit ultimately African-derived) Asians and Europeans.
Emigration in the late 20th century has reduced these minority populations, occasionally in abrupt waves, such as the exodus of Comorans in 1976, following anti-Comoran riots in Mahajanga.
Armenia has a huge diaspora and has always experienced waves of emigration, but the exodus of recent years has caused real alarm.
