People chatting in the “free speech area” on the University of Southern California’s University Park campus. Photo by Talia Mullin from May 9, 2024. By Talia Mullin / Original to ScheerPost Over a week ago I sat just beyond the fenced-out free speech area and among my peers for our graduation commencement. Since then I […]
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Blowing Off Class of 2024: Parent’s Criticism of USC’s Leadership on Commencement Day
Photo by Annette Ricchiazzi By Annette Ricchiazzi / Original to ScheerPost My daughter, a fourth generation USC Trojan, graduated last Friday. It happened without incident, and she is now a USC alum. I took into the two days of events the memory of my own USC student experience, which eventually led me to be a […]
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USC President and Provost Censured After Faculty Senate Vote
“University of Southern California George Finley Bovard Administration Building” by greatdegree is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. By Diego Ramos / Original to ScheerPost After a three hour meeting of the University of Southern California (USC) academic senate with President Carol Folt and Provost Andrew Guzman, the faculty decisively passed a resolution with 21-7 majority, censuring both Folt […]
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Meet USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum: School Cancels Commencement Speech by Pro-Palestinian Student
By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! Amid widespread repression of pro-Palestinian voices on campuses across the United States, we speak to University of Southern California valedictorian Asna Tabassum, whose commencement speech has been canceled for what the university claimed were “safety” reasons after Tabassum became the subject of an online anti-Palestinian hate campaign led by […]