{"id":2225987,"date":"2024-04-20T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usc-cuts-all-commencement-speakers-on-heels-of-canceling-pro-palestinian-valedictorians-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T13:34:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T17:34:35","slug":"usc-cuts-all-commencement-speakers-on-heels-of-canceling-pro-palestinian-valedictorians-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usc-cuts-all-commencement-speakers-on-heels-of-canceling-pro-palestinian-valedictorians-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"USC cancels all commencement speakers after pro-Palestinian valedictorian&#8217;s speech is axed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusc-cuts-all-commencement-speakers-on-heels-of-canceling-pro-palestinian-valedictorians-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225987&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The University\u200b of Southern California has canceled all \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colleges-across-america-hosting-leftist-icons-for-commencement-fauci-buttigieg-kamala-and-more\/\" title=\"Colleges Across America Hosting Leftist Icons For Commencement: Fauci, Buttigieg, Kamala And More\">commencement speakers<\/a> for the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/expensive-ever-after-wedding-costs-soar-in-high-inflation-environment\/\" title=\"Expensive Ever After: Wedding Costs Soar In High-Inflation Environment\">upcoming ceremony<\/a>, \u200bincluding valedictorian\u2062 Asna Tabassum. Despite being \u200dselected from 200 student applicants due to her high GPA, she won&#8217;t\u200b be delivering a \u2063speech. Tabassum&#8217;s \u200csupport \u2064for Palestinians led to protests on campus after her removal. The decision stemmed from\u2064 safety \u2062concerns amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> discussions about \u200cthe Israel-Hamas conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>University of Southern California<\/a> has pulled all speakers slated for its <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>commencement<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n<p>First, valedictorian Asna Tabassum was removed from the graduation ceremony program. Even though Tabassum was selected among 200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>student<\/a> applicants who qualified based on an impeccable grade point average, she will not deliver remarks during the ceremony, as the university claimed that \u201ctradition must give way to safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tabassum is outspoken in her stance in favor of Palestinians in light of Israel\u2019s conflict with Hamas. Subsequent protests have broken out on campus, disputing her removal from the program. The decision to cancel her speech was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hasidic-jewish-family-booted-from-frontier-airlines-flight-allegedly-over-maskless-baby\/\" title=\"Hasidic Jewish Family Booted From Frontier Airlines Flight Allegedly Over Maskless Baby\">made due<\/a> to the rhetoric on social media about the war between Israel and Hamas \u201ccreating substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement, \u201cUSC\u2019s Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Andrew Guzman wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.provost.usc.edu\/important-update-on-2024-commencement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the other commencement speakers scheduled for the May 10 ceremony were also subsequently canceled. They included filmmaker and USC alumnus Jon M. Chu and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tennis<\/a> legend Billie Jean King, who will receive honorary degrees \u201cat a future commencement or other academic ceremonies\u201d per the university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo keep the focus on our graduates, we are redesigning the commencement program. Given the highly publicized circumstances surrounding our main-stage commencement program, university leadership has decided it is best to release our outside speakers and honorees from attending this year\u2019s ceremony,\u201d USC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oh-the-places-the-woke-will-go-dr-seuss-canceled-for-racial-undertones\/\" title=\"Oh The Places The Woke Will Go: Dr. Seuss Canceled For \u2018Racial Undertones\u2019\">announcement read<\/a>. \u201cIt is important that our full attention be on our remarkable graduates. We will be celebrating their accomplishments in a way that reflects the unity we love so much about our Trojan Family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>college<\/a> will host its own ceremony beginning May 8, which will still include respective receptions. University leadership is still anticipated to speak. A grand academic procession, formal conferring of degrees, and hooding ceremonies for Ph.D. graduates will also still take place.<\/p>\n<p>Some 19,000 students will receive degrees at the end of this school year. The subsequent ceremonies will draw a crowd of 65,000 attendees, with more watching via\u00a038 satellite ceremonies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Southern California has removed all scheduled speakers for its upcoming commencement. Valedictorian Asna Tabassum, chosen from 200 applicants for her exceptional GPA, was excluded from the ceremony. Despite her qualifications, she will not be delivering a speech at the event, prompting USC to cancel all commencement speakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2225988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24109844573272-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2225987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24109844573272-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2225987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2225987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2225987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2225987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}