cap and gown

In Harvard Yard that June, graduates protested the war by refusing to don cap and gown, or else by wearing white armbands over their robes.

Another student, wearing cap and gown, took a break from graduation photos to chat with the protesters.

Sophia did not wear the typical cap and gown that commencement speakers usually don, but instead wore a black-and-red D’Youville University hoodie.

Later, about 6:30 p.m., the protesters marched away from the Shrine Auditorium and gathered in a courtyard where a Pomona College graduate, wearing his cap and gown, read a statement calling for an end to the war and for universities to divest from financial ties with Israel.

She encouraged the graduates to “drown out” the voices that say “can’t” and to remember the challenges they overcame to get to wear a cap and gown on Saturday.