USC graduates walk by vacant chairs and tables in Alumni Park on the USC campus, where the school's canceled main stage commencement usually takes place. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Last ...

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LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of University of Southern California students walked away from their 2017 commencement with degrees and a powerful rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" from ...

The University of Southern California's decision Thursday to cancel its main graduation ceremony, a move that came 10 days after administrators said the student valedictorian who had expressed support ...