University of Chicago student who faced discipline for sit-in gets OK to graduate
Source: Chicago Tribune
A University of Chicago senior said he will be allowed to walk the stage and receive his bachelor's degree with classmates after a faculty disciplinary committee on Friday ruled he could participate in graduation ceremonies.
Public policy major and student body President Tyler Kissinger faced discipline for propping open the door to a locked university building that houses the president's office, allowing about 30 protesters to stage a sit-in last month. He later received a summons to address charges that he helped create "an unsafe situation in the building," with possible sanctions ranging from probation to expulsion.
Kissinger, 21, said Friday that the committee gave him disciplinary probation, meaning that he can graduate with his classmates Saturday. He would not talk about what the committee of faculty members told him during the secret hearing, and a university spokesman would not confirm the committee's ruling.
As scores of students and their relatives choked the Hyde Park campus' quad near South Ellis Avenue a day before graduation, Kissinger remained defiant, telling reporters that he acted against school administrators who were increasingly separating themselves from students, faculty and staff. But Kissinger, who hopes to have a career in politics or policy, acknowledged he was glad the ordeal was behind him.
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No relation, I would imagine. 
Oddly enough, I once had a lefty colleague named Kissinger -- and he was a revolutionary communist!! 
