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    College class of 2024: Shaped by crisis, seeking community

    by Simon Montlake May 10, 2024 5 minutes

    The class of 2024 began its college years as virtual students, arriving on once-vibrant campuses muffled by COVID-19. Most had missed out on high school graduations and proms. Now they’re graduating from college during another season of turmoil, this time caused by protests about the war in Gaza that have swept colleges and roiled national politics. 

    As these seniors begin to pack up, many are seeking to make sense of their college experience amid fractious national political debates and rapid technological change. They have seen community fall away – and have learned something about building it back. They are celebrating their graduation, but with a mix of pensiveness, anxiety, and cautious anticipation.

    “It just felt like it went super fast,” says Wesley Mitchell, a senior film and TV major at New York University in Manhattan, who

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