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   From: maximusheadroom@gmx.com   
      
   In news:H_KcnREHK-oDdIL7nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com, Lee    
   typed:   
      
   > NoBody wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:23:36 -0000 (UTC), useapen   
   >>  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.   
      
   > "Silencing free speecch", indeed.   
      
   > Trump ...   
      
   > Trump ...   
      
   'Nuff said.   
      
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