Today, Asna Tabassum, a first-generation Muslim student and USC‘s valedictorian ... university leaders chose to cancel her commencement speech, citing safety concerns. In place of what would ...

Student Asna Tabassum, the USC graduate whose commencement speech was cancelled by USC, posted a redacted version of the speech on the Daily Trojan website on Friday, May 10. Photo: Snapshot of ...

I do not know the precise risks USC, Columbia and other universities faced that caused them to cancel their school-wide commencement ... on the school or my free speech and assembly rights ...

USC became a focal point of Southland pro-Palestinian protests following its April 15 decision to cancel valedictorian Asna ...

The speech ends with “Congratulations, Class of 2024. Thank you.” USC’s commencement ceremony was scheduled to take place Friday morning. However, the event was canceled after a series of ...

Although Tabassum never got to speak at commencement, she did make a statement of sorts on Friday. The Daily Trojan, USC’s student newspaper, and Annenberg Media, another student newsroom at USC, ...

Asna Tabassum, USC’s Class of 2024 valedictorian who was barred from speaking at the university’s commencement ceremony, called attention to her silencing by releasing a largely redacted version of ...