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   From: cigarclub@nytimes.com   
      
   A California high school cut its valedictorian's microphone when her   
   speech deviated from the expected script during a graduation ceremony last   
   Saturday.   
      
   When the student later posted an "uncensored" version of the speech, it   
   contained a line alleging members of the school community mishandled cases   
   of sexual misconduct.   
      
   Petaluma High School senior Lulabel Seitz was the first member of her   
   family to graduate high school and did so as her class' valedictorian, The   
   (Santa Rosa, Calif.) Press Democratreported.   
      
   Perseverance was a theme in her graduation speech.   
      
   But video from the event shows that about four minutes into her speech,   
   her mic was cut.   
      
   "Because the class of 2018 has demonstrated time and time again that we   
   ... are not too young to speak up, to dream and to create change. Which is   
   why, even when some people on this campus, those same pe —"   
      
   The mic cuts out.   
      
   June 2017: Valedictorian goes off script, so the school cut his mic   
      
   Seitz stepped away from the podium, visibly upset. She yelled inaudible   
   words to someone off camera then motioned for the crowd to stand.   
      
   Some in the audience applauded. Some chanted "let her speak!" After nearly   
   a minute of silence, Seitz returns to her seat.   
      
   On Sunday, an "uncensored" version of the speech was posted on YouTube.   
      
   That video shows Seitz delivering a version of the speech that contains   
   the line: "Even learning on a campus where some people defend perpetrators   
   of sexual assault and silence their victims, we didn't let that drag us   
   down."   
      
   Seitz said she was frustrated by the administration's response after she   
   said she was sexually assaulted on campus, The Press Democrat reported.   
      
   She told the publication that she wanted to use her speech as a chance to   
   express that frustration and saw the administration's decision to cut her   
   mic as censorship.   
      
      
   The school's principal defended the school's decision. “In Lulabel’s case,   
   her approved speech didn’t include any reference to an assault,” David   
   Stirrat told The Washington Post. “We certainly would have considered such   
   an addition, provided no individuals were named or defamed.”   
      
   He said speeches could contain controversial material, but that students   
   had to submit their speeches for approval and practice in front of a   
   panel.   
      
   Students were warned that if they veered off script, their mics would be   
   cut, he told the Post.   
      
   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/09/petaluma-high-   
   school-cuts-valedictorians-mic-over-sexual-assault-graduation-   
   speech/687648002/   
      
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