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People gather for a candlelight vigil and a moment of silence at a bus shelter at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md, Sunday, May 21, 2017, where visiting student was fatally stabbed. A University of Maryland student was charged Sunday with fatally stabbing a visiting student on campus in what police have described as an unprovoked attack that rattled the school over graduation weekend. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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People gather for a candlelight vigil at a bus shelter at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md, Sunday, May 21, 2017, where visiting student was fatally stabbed. A University of Maryland student was charged Sunday with fatally stabbing a visiting student on campus in what police have described as an unprovoked attack that rattled the school over graduation weekend. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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People gather for a candlelight vigil at a bus shelter at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md, Sunday, May 21, 2017, where visiting student was fatally stabbed. A University of Maryland student was charged Sunday with fatally stabbing a visiting student on campus in what police have described as an unprovoked attack that rattled the school over graduation weekend. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Candles are lit for a candlelight vigil at a bus shelter at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md, Sunday, May 21, 2017, where visiting student was fatally stabbed. A University of Maryland student was charged Sunday with fatally stabbing a visiting student on campus in what police have described as an unprovoked attack that rattled the school over graduation weekend. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this April 27, 2017 photo, Heartland Community College students gather in a circle during "Boxes and Walls: The Oppression Experience" at the Astroth Community Education Center in Normal, Ill. The exercise was "about raising awareness of what some of their classmates may have gone through to get here," explained Shamelle Grabill, a tutoring services facilitator at Heartland who helped design the immigration part of the program. (Lewis Marien/The News-Gazette via AP )

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In this April 27, 2017 photo, Heartland Community College adjunct instructor of general studies Van Furrh, left, portrays an immigration officer as he gives an oath to student Alec Callender during "Boxes and Walls: The Oppression Experience" at the Astroth Community Education Center in Normal, Ill. The exercise was "about raising awareness of what some of their classmates may have gone through to get here," explained Shamelle Grabill, a tutoring services facilitator at Heartland who helped design the immigration part of the program. (Lewis Marien/The News-Gazette via AP )

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This photo released by the University of Maryland Police Department shows Sean Urbanski. Urbanski was charged Sunday, May 21, 2017, with fatally stabbing a visiting student on campus in what police have described as an unprovoked attack that rattled the school over graduation weekend. Urbanski of Severna Park, M.D., faces charges of first- and second-degree murder as well as first-degree assault for the alleged attack that took place early Saturday, May, 20, 2017, police said. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP)

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2017 Smith College Senior Class President, Badriyyah Salem Alsabah, left, jokes with Oprah Winfrey, seated center, during Smith College's 139th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 21, 2017 in Northampton, Mass. The author, actress, philanthropist and former talk show host gave the college's commencement address. (David Molnar/Springfield Republican via AP)

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In this Monday, April 24, 2017 photo, Wahlert Catholic High School seniors Tony Ward, left, and Grant Oberfoell, who helped to create the Feltes One Way, pose with it at Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, Iowa. (Nicki Kohl /Telegraph Herald via AP)

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Notre Dame students walk out of the commencement ceremony in opposition opposed to the Trump administration's policies as Vice President Mike Pence is introduced at Notre Dame Stadium on Sunday, May 21, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (Santiago Flores/South Bend Tribune via AP)

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Notre Dame students walk out of the commencement ceremony in opposition opposed to the Trump administration's policies as Vice President Mike Pence is introduced at Notre Dame Stadium on Sunday, May 21, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (Santiago Flores/South Bend Tribune via AP)

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Notre Dame students walk out of the commencement ceremony in opposition opposed to the Trump administration's policies as Vice President Mike Pence is introduced at Notre Dame Stadium on Sunday, May 21, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (Santiago Flores/South Bend Tribune via AP)

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Notre Dame students walk out of the commencement ceremony in opposition opposed to the Trump administration's policies as Vice President Mike Pence is introduced at Notre Dame Stadium on Sunday, May 21, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (Santiago Flores/South Bend Tribune via AP)

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Notre Dame students walk out of the commencement ceremony in opposition opposed to the Trump administration's policies as Vice President Mike Pence is introduced at Notre Dame Stadium on Sunday, May 21, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (Santiago Flores/South Bend Tribune via AP)

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A student wears a hat reading "Impeach Trump" during a graduation ceremony at Columbia University in New York, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In a Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Oklahoma state Rep. Jason Dunnington, D-Oklahoma City, asks a question during a oint Committee on Appropriations and Budget committee meeting in Oklahoma City. After back-to-back midyear budget cuts, two elementary schools in Democratic state Rep. Jason Dunnington's urban Oklahoma City district can no longer afford to pay for art teachers. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017, photo, Alena Eldridge, an Arlington High School student also studying Ocean Research at Everett Community College, paints a rubber squid while making a T-shirt at the Breazeale Interpretive Center Washington. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)

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This photo taken May 11, 2017, shows West Intermediate School fifth-grade teacher Shannon Grauf watching as her class goes through the morning welcome routine in Sutherlin, Ore. Grauf’s fifth-grade class is just one of the classes in Sutherlin that uses a program called Conscious Discipline Building Resilient Children. Exercises and music are used to get students focused and excited about the day. (Dan Bain/The News-Review via AP)

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This photo taken May 11, 2017, shows Brooklyn Bailey, left, and Madyson Doolittle-Brown doing some of the welcome exercises that they do every morning in their fifth-grade classroom at West Intermediate School in Sutherlin, Ore. Their fifth-grade class is just one of the classes in Sutherlin that uses a program called Conscious Discipline Building Resilient Children. Exercises and music are used to get students focused and excited about the day. (Dan Bain/The News-Review via AP)

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This photo taken May 11, 2017, shows Keeland Walker and Brooklyn Bailey posting a good wish at the Wishing Well for someone in the class as part of the Conscious Discipline program that is a part of the daily routine in Shannon's Grauf's fifth-grade classroom at West Intermediate School in Sutherlin, Ore. Grauf’s fifth-grade class is just one of the classes in Sutherlin that uses a program called Conscious Discipline Building Resilient Children. Exercises and music are used to get students focused and excited about the day. (Dan Bain/The News-Review via AP)