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"Associated Press" featured Pace University in "Parkland Seniors Balance Grief, Activism as Graduation Nears"
"Associated Press" featured Pace University in "Parkland Seniors Balance Grief, Activism as Graduation Nears"
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior student Tyra Hemans recieved her college acceptance letter from Pace University in New York on the same day her friends Joaquin "Guac" Oliver and Meadow Pollack were killed in the school shooting. Hemans is heading to Pace, while realizing that many of the milestones of her future life will be tinged with sadness.
Senior Tyra Hemans got her acceptance letter from Pace University in New York the same day her friends were killed. The 19-year-old was tight with shooting victims Joaquin "Guac" Oliver and Meadow Pollack.
Her college acceptance should have been marked by jumps for joy and hugs from her mother. Instead, Hemans felt numb.
But she decided to go, realizing that college and many milestones of her life will be tinged with loss.
"When I go to college, it's going to be for Guac and Meadow, and when I walk the [graduation] stage, I'm walking for them. When I get my first job, that's Guac's first job, that's Meadow's first job," said Hemans, who wants to study business management and become a sports agent.
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