University Of South Carolina President Resigns After Plagiarizing Commencement Speech
The crowd gasped when Robert Caslen, a former Army flag officer, called the graduating students "the newest alumni of the University of California." But his bungled speech didn't stop there.
by Becky Sullivan
May 13, 2021
2 minutes
Seniors at the University of South Carolina had already dealt with one disaster — the pandemic — when they took their socially distanced seats at the school's commencement ceremony last weekend.
Then came another trainwreck.
The university's president, Robert Caslen, delivered so bungled — with the wrong school name and closing remarks lifted
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