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I've tried to avoid commentary on this story so perhaps I've missed it, but can someone help me understand the logic behind protesting the commencement?  I was under the impression that people are angry at the judge.

I mean, when I was on campus people protested pretty much anything. But here I don't think the idea is to protest commencement as though commencement is a bad thing or responsible at all, but rather it's an opportunity to get a lot of people together and show solidarity, as the first quote needle posted said.

Then go and sit in his office, Ms. Beard.  Bring friends.  Email the board.  Email the general counsel.  Meet with the general counsel.  Or meet with the press and name names.  Share the email contents.  There are many things you can do if one bureaucrat ignores your entreaty.

Bureaucrats are gonna bureaucrat (and it's really hard for me to have a lower opinion of Stanford's bureaucrats), but the point is that this shouldn't be only on the students. Stanford's bureaucracy should jump at chances to meet with student representatives to talk about ways to improve the situation. Not doing it is ugly and I hope that person gets reprimanded.

Also you don't know that Ms Beard didn't follow up.

[stupac2]

I've tried to avoid commentary on this story so perhaps I've missed it, but can someone help me understand the logic behind protesting the commencement?  I was under the impression that people are angry at the judge.

I mean, when I was on campus people protested pretty much anything. But here I don't think the idea is to protest commencement as though commencement is a bad thing or responsible at all, but rather it's an opportunity to get a lot of people together and show solidarity, as the first quote needle posted said.

Then go and sit in his office, Ms. Beard.  Bring friends.  Email the board.  Email the general counsel.  Meet with the general counsel.  Or meet with the press and name names.  Share the email contents.  There are many things you can do if one bureaucrat ignores your entreaty.

Bureaucrats are gonna bureaucrat (and it's really hard for me to have a lower opinion of Stanford's bureaucrats), but the point is that this shouldn't be only on the students. Stanford's bureaucracy should jump at chances to meet with student representatives to talk about ways to improve the situation. Not doing it is ugly and I hope that person gets reprimanded.

Also you don't know that Ms Beard didn't follow up.