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Print The field of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was filled with USC graduates from the classes of 2020 and 2021 on Friday as they participated in the first of USC’s 14 commencement ceremonies. About 1,500 students celebrated their graduation Friday morning, and a total of 21,000 will take part in twice-daily commencement ceremonies over seven days. Students were spaced eight feet apart on the field, and spectators were distanced in the stands at the Coliseum, which last held a USC commencement ceremony in 1950. Maria Zamora sanitizes chairs in the Coliseum before the commencement ceremony. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Empty chairs are at the ready in the Coliseum before the commencement ceremony. ....