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1. Can-crisociality 🦀〰️🥫 (inquiline@union.place)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 15:07:25 JST Can-crisociality 🦀〰️🥫

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   Well, it's now in the #LATimes :

   "a swarm of on- and off-campus groups attacked Tabassum. They targeted her minor, resistance to genocide, as well as her pro-Palestinian views and “likes” expressed through her Instagram account."

   https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-15/usc-valedictorian-asna-tabassum

   #USC #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #gaza

   • Can-crisociality 🦀〰️🥫 (inquiline@union.place)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 15:07:26 JST Can-crisociality 🦀〰️🥫

     Never a dull moment: my employer has just canceled the valedictorian's commencement speech, seemingly because they are afraid she will say something about human rights in #Gaza

     https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2024/04/15/provost-announces-valedictorian-wont-speak-at-graduation-in-may/

     ETA, Here is a #CAIR statement:
     https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-la-demands-usc-reverse-cowardly-decision-to-cancel-muslim-valedictorians-speech-in-response-to-anti-palestinian-hate/

     #USC

     Aral Balkan repeated this.