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Not being able to walk across the stage is the most unamerican thing I’ve ever encountered. Graduation isn’t just a ceremony. It’s the result of years of hard work, late nights, financial stress, and personal sacrifices that most people never see. To take that moment away from students feels wrong, plain and simple. If Brooklyn College can give their students the chance to walk again, then we as a school should be fighting for that same opportunity.

This goes way beyond a few minutes on a stage. Think about the families who’ve been waiting years to hear their loved one’s name called. Think about the first-generation college students whose parents worked multiple jobs just to get them here. Think about the people who never even thought college was in the cards for them, and now they finally made it. That walk across the stage means something. It’s a tradition, a celebration, and honestly, it’s closure.

If another school in our system already figured out how to make this happen, there’s really no excuse for us not to do the same. We owe it to ourselves to speak up, push our administration, and ask for the recognition we earned. If we don’t come together and fight for this, nobody else is going to do it for us.