Faculty and administrators have no one but themselves to blame. After all, they have spent decades cultivating their undergraduates’ misplaced sense of self-importance. At the same time, they have taught those undergraduates to sort the human race into oppressors and victims, so it should surprise no one when the most accomplished of their graduating students think of themselves as persecuted saviors.
On Monday, officials at the University of Southern California announced that valedictorian Asna Tabassum, a 21-year-old biomedical engineering major and a pro-Palestinian activist, would not deliver the traditional valedictory address at the 2024 graduation ceremony due to safety concerns, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“The university has betrayed me and caved into a campaign of hatred,” Tabassum said.
USC announced that valedictorian
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