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Virtual, in-person, no-guests: College graduation ceremonies vary widely this year, leaving parents and students feeling like theyâre missing out
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated April 25, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Itâs not every day that Harvardâs graduating seniors are envious of their peers.
But when it comes to this yearâs graduation ceremonies, which the college will hold virtually in late May, thereâs more than a little bit of wistful yearning among Harvardâs students.
âItâs definitely tough, when you have so many schools in the country [doing something different] and itâs hard not to compare,â said Prashanth âPKâ Kumar, 22, from Atlanta, who as a second marshal helps organize senior class events leading up to commencement. âHarvardâs making the safest choice at the moment, but I would love to have my family and friends visit.â
meaning this trip, that republican leaders in the house and senate have been out raising money for republican candidates. this is a quote, traditional exercise. let s bring in our panel to talk about this morning. myra miller, advisor to house speaker john boehner and from the winston group. doug schoen, former pollster for president bill clinton and fox news contributor. good morning, guys. good to have you both here. good morning. martha: myra, i guess he is right, a traditional exercise to some extent, right? martha, as you saw the jobs report we got a while ago was very disappointing. only 88,000 jobs added. even austan goolsbee called it a punch to the gut. president may be on a fund-raising trip. but american people want the answer to the question they have been asking, where are the jobs? martha: that is the issue, doug. everybody understands that fund-raising happens in a campaign context. the big question, he didn t even know about this jobs number when they made these com
where iran stands in the process of developing nuclear weapons that will be a step forward. that being said this is probably more a similar pwoeublg than a substantive trip. any time a president goes to is raoerblgs regardless of the economy conditions in this country i think that s a good thing for america. martha: it seals like at this point that the discussion about iran and where the red line is is much more front and center than a meaningful peace process discussion at this point. it feels that is sort of on the back bryne. this clearly becomes the focus of these conversations. myra, if you re at the white house, you would say, look, this is what it takes. we re going to sit down, have discussions, spend to time face-to-face. they have had a complicated relationship, this president and benjamin netanyahu by all accounts. isn t this a good first step in the right direction. i think it could be a good first step. one of the major complaints from republicans because is there s been
one of great hope. stpho: and ours as well. the bus driver also killed. the team was headed to an away game at the time of that unfortunate accident. martha: well critics are calling out president obama s trip to israel for being less about substance and more about photo ops they say. wednesday s trip will be the first time that president obama has visited the u.s. ally as president. i m joined now by myra miller and adviser to house speaker john boehner and senior vice president at the winston group. and doug schoen, fox news contributor. myra, that is the criticism. the white house says they have a lot of important plans for this trip and it s very significant since it s the president s first trip there, what say you? any time the economy is in the situation it is now it tends