Citing safety concerns, USC announced Monday that a pro-Palestinian undergraduate student who was selected as valedictorian will not be allowed to give a speech at the May commencement ceremony.
The Daily Trojan said this comes less than one week after a pro-Israel group accused Asna Tabassum of being antisemitic.Stream Southern California's News Leader and Original Shows 24/7undergraduate student who was selected as valedictorian will not be allowed to give a speech at the May commencement ceremony"While this is disappointing, tradition must give way to safety,'' Provost Andrew Guzman wrote in a message to the university community.
"This campaign to prevent me from addressing my peers at commencement has evidently accomplished its goal: today, USC administrators informed me that the university will no longer allow me to speak at commencement due to supposed security concerns,'' she said. "I am both shocked by this decision and profoundly disappointed that the university is succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice.
"Asna is an incredibly accomplished student whose academic and extracurricular accomplishments made her the ideal and historic recipient of this year's valedictorian's honor,'' Ayloush said in a statement. "The university can, should and must ensure a safe environment for graduation rather than taking the unprecedented step of cancelling a valedictorian's speech.
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