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Trevor Noah has been selected as the 2021 class speaker at Princeton University. Patch.com was the first to report the news on Wednesday. Princeton Universitys Class Day is typically held the day before graduation. Students select the speaker typically. For this years virtual class day celebration, Patch.com says that the student body cited Trevors views on social justice and his international background for this years speech. Trevor, a native of South Africa, became the host of "The Daily Sho...

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have already had the honor.

Apr 14, 2021 The Washington mens rowing team returns to action this Saturday morning, April 17, when the Huskies travel to the Bay Area for a pair of concurrent regattas.   It will be an unusual day as the Huskies will be competing at two different venues against two different teams, and will also race in straight (coxless) fours, a rarity in collegiate rowing.   Washingtons first and second varsity eights will compete against Stanford at Redwood Shores. After the two eights races, those same...

UpdatedWed, Apr 14, 2021 at 3:37 pm ET Reply Trevor Noah at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Los Angeles, Mar 14, 2021. Noah will deliver the Class Day speech at Princeton University this year. (Jay L Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock) PRINCETON, NJ — Princeton University announced that Trevor Noah, comedian and host of "The Daily Show," will be the 2021 Class Day speaker. Class Day is organized by members of the senior class and takes place a day before commencement. This years cerem...

Author, comedian and ‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah selected as Princeton’s 2021 Class Day speaker The Office of Communications April 13, 2021 12:30 p.m. The Class of 2021 has announced that internationally acclaimed comedian and author Trevor Noah will give remarks at the virtual Class Day ceremony on Saturday, May 15, and will be inducted as an honorary member of the class. Trevor Noah Photo by Gavin Bond Class Day, which takes place the day before Princeton’s Commencemen...

Ebony M. Smith ’24 is a Crimson Editorial editor in Eliot House. Last week, Harvard’s ties to the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1900s were made public with the reveal of a not-so-shocking yet disturbing photo: Ten Harvard student KKK members donning white robes crowded the John Harvard statue on Class Day 1924. What struck me was not the underlying bigotry and white supremacy that seemed to fit so perfectly with an administration that accepted very few Black students at the time, but the ...

Ariel Zilber, Daily Mail, March 16, 2021 Columbia University has been slammed for ‘bringing back segregation’ after announcing additional commencement ceremonies for students based on their ethnicity, income level, and sexual orientation. The six virtual ceremonies, which will be staged in addition to the general campus-wide commencement event, were announced by Columbia’s Multicultural Affairs department. Special events are being held for black, LGBTQ, Native, ‘Latinx’, low-income, a...

Columbia University will be hosting one ceremony for the 2021 graduating class despite reports that itd be hosting a variety of different ones separating students by race, gender, and ethnicity.

The ceremonies will provide a more intimate setting for students and guests to gather, incorporate meaningful cultural traditions, a spokesperson for the Ivy League school said.

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton described a Fox News article on the additional ceremonies as "segregation."