Re: California valedictorian will no longer give graduation speech over 'alarming' discussion
Karen Bass USC degree rental <[email protected]>
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> > On 4/17/2024 6:17 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote: >> On 4/17/2024 3:58 PM, Just Wondering wrote: >>> On 4/17/2024 5:20 AM, NoBody wrote: >>>> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:23:36 -0000 (UTC), useapen >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The University of Southern California said its valedictorian will no >>>>> longer deliver a graduation speech this year, citing "substantial risks >>>>> relating to security" over social media chatter surrounding the Israel- >>>>> Hamas conflict. >>>>> >>>>> The Los Angeles school revealed that Asna Tabassum, a fourth-year student >>>>> from Chino Hills, California, was selected as the valedictorian and would >>>>> give a speech alongside two salutatorians. In a news release Monday, the >>>>> university said she would no longer speak at the ceremony after the >>>>> discussion about her selection took on "an alarming tenor." >>>>> >>>>> The move comes after some students, alumni and others complained to the >>>>> university about Tabassum's social media, which includes an Instagram bio >>>>> that links to a pro-Palestine website. >>>>> >>>>> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/04/15/usc- cancels- >>>>> valedictorian-graduation-speech-israel-hamas/73336731007/ >>>> >>>> Nothing like silencing free speech. >>>> >>> If she avoids politics she should be allowed to speak. >>> But the valedictorian speech should not give her a platform >>> for a pro-Palestinian anti-Israel speech. She should be >>> allowed to say whatever she wants on the subject, but there >>> is a time and place for everything and her college graduation >>> ceremony is not the time and place for that sort of thing. >> >> That's not how freedom of speech ought to work. > > I think canceling the woman's valedictory address is bad and wrong. However, > it's a private university and they don't have to play by the same rules as state > schools. Left-wing liberal arts colleges do it all the time. What's the problem with USC following suit?