LOS ANGELES — Some students at the University of Southern California said their sense of pride was dashed this week when the school canceled Muslim student Asna Tabassum's valedictorian speech ...

Today, Asna Tabassum, a first-generation Muslim student and USC's valedictorian, would have delivered her speech before thousands of her peers at this year's graduation ceremony. Instead ...

“When you silence us,” she told the Los Angeles Times, “you make us louder.” USC students rally in support of a Muslim valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, after her planned commencement speech was canceled ...

Asna Tabassum ... Andrew Guzman announced the decision to bar Tabassum in a campuswide message, in which he cited unnamed threats after the student was selected. “Unfortunately, over the ...

One high schooler responded with a speech that said, in part: “Just like with each of the trying times of student life ... or self-care,” wrote Asna Tabassum, valedictorian at Ruben S.

On Monday afternoon, University of Southern California Provost Andrew T. Guzman made an announcement: “After careful consideration, we have decided that our student valedictorian will not ...