At Stanford Commencement, Protests Amid the Revelry

Mingled amid the comic and the outlandish were students bearing a more serious message: Criticism that efforts to address sexual assault at Stanford and on other college campuses across the country are still inadequate. Graduating seniors held signs reading, “Teach Your Son Not to Rape,” “Stanford Protects Rapists,” and “125 Years of Rape Culture,” an allusion to the fact that this year’s commencement was the university’s 125th.