Harvard showdown: No posthumous degrees for expelled gay students

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-harvard-posthumous-degrees-20120228,0,3955039.story

Harvard University isn't backing down -- and neither is Their Day in the Yard.

The group of Harvard students, alumni and faculty has been urging the Ivy League school to award honorary posthumous degrees to seven students expelled more than 90 years ago for being gay or for being perceived as gay. On Tuesday, the university rejected the request, the Associated Press reported.

The school said it does not typically award posthumous degrees except in the rare case of a student who completes academic requirements but dies before the degree has been conferred, a spokesman told the AP.