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mysharona1987 · 14 days

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#Usc #palestine #asna tabassum #free palestine #news #california #muslims #israel #university of Southern California

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sayruq · 7 days

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#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #harvard #University of Southern California #columbia university #student protests

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hack-saw2004 · 7 days

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LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO: a journalist on the ground reported students blocking a car holding an arrested comrade. ten minutes later she posted another tweet stating usc protesters SUCCESSFULLY DEARRESTED THEIR COMRADE! this is the second dearrest ive seen happen in the past week at a pro palestine protest, it's absolutely incredible! people are beginning to realize we have the power, palestine will be free!

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athleticperfection1 · 3 months

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USC Swimming

#University of Southern California #USC #USC Trojans #college swimming #swimmer girls #athlete #female athletes #college athlete #college girl

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justinspoliticalcorner · 14 days

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Rowaida Abdelaziz at HuffPost:

Earlier this month, the University of Southern California announced that Asna Tabassum would be the Class of 2024′s valedictorian, with a 3.98 GPA and in recognition of her community service and leadership skills. She is graduating with a major in biomedical engineering and a minor in resistance to genocide.

But on Monday, USC canceled the speech. In an announcement dated Monday, Provost Andrew Guzman said the “intensity of feelings, fueled by both social media and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East” has “created substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement.” “After careful consideration, we have decided that our student valedictorian will not deliver a speech at commencement. While this is disappointing, tradition must give way to safety,” he wrote. “This decision has nothing to do with freedom of speech. There is no free-speech entitlement to speak at a commencement. The issue here is how best to maintain campus security and safety, period.” The school did not elaborate further. Reached for comment, the provost’s office directed HuffPost to Guzman’s statement.

Tabassum, in an interview with HuffPost, questioned the university’s reasoning and told HuffPost she felt disappointed and let down by USC. “I am surprised that my own university – my home for four years – has abandoned me,” she said. In a statement published on Monday, Tabassum said that she was not aware of any specific threats against her or the university, and that during a meeting last Sunday, administrators told her that “the University had the resources to take appropriate safety measures for my valedictory speech, but that they would not be doing so since increased security protections is not what the University wants to ’present as an image.’” “Security and safety is also my concern. That’s consistent with my commitment to human equality and human rights. I don’t think that they’re mutually exclusive at all,” Tabassum told HuffPost. She noted that notable figures including former President Barack Obama, rap star Travis Scott and right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos have all been able to visit campus grounds. [...]

A slew of universities have struggled to address students’ protests of the bombing campaign by Israeli forces in Gaza that has killed more than 33,000. In the last few months, schools have dealt with rising cases of antisemitism and Islamophobia, the deactivation of student-activist groups, suspension of staff, cases of doxxing and harassment and even reports of physical violence. This week, Columbia University’s president is set to testify at a congressional hearing about campus safety, four months after a similar hearing resulted in the resignation of two Ivy League presidents. And the Department of Education launched a series of investigations last November into several universities where students have reported antisemitic or Islamophobic incidents. Tabassum said she was denied a chance to let others see someone like her give a high-profile speech ― a South Asian hijab-wearing Muslim, someone “representative of communities and of the masses of people who never saw the institution made for them,” she told HuffPost. “I wanted to offer the hope that ... we can succeed [at] institutions like USC.”

[...] According to USC’s Annenberg Media, some students and alumni said Tabassum’s social media activity ― which includes a link to a pro-Palestinian page ― was antisemitic. Guzman, however, wrote that this decision was made “based on various criteria ― which did not include social media presence.” Since the university’s decision, Tabassum said she’s been overwhelmed by messages of both support and hate. People from her elementary school who she hasn’t spoken to in a decade reached out. Others have taken to Instagram to speculate about her ethnic background and her political views, and to applauded the university’s decision to revoke her invitation.

The USC's asinine decision rescinding Valedictorian Asna Tabassum's chance to make a speech is craven cowardice to Islamophobia and Israel Apartheid apologia all because of her support for Palestine.

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The Guardian: Backlash as USC cancels valedictorian’s speech over support for Palestine

#USC #University of Southern California #Asna Tabassum #Palestine #Islamophobia #Israel/Hamas War #Ceasefire NOW Protests #Israel/Hamas War Protests #Israel Apartheid #Cancel Culture

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blastofsports · 9 months

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#cheryl miller #black archives #black community #black excellence #black girl magic #university of southern california #sports #sportscaster #wnba basketball #tnt sports #nba tv #abc sports #espn

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rebelwithacauze · 6 days

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Call it PRO -PALESTINE, PRO- LIFE OR ANTI WAR PROTESTS ,this my friend's is the era of the unstoppable Generation of resistance, #genz Just globalised the Intifada.Bidens and Netanyahu worse nightmare just went on overdrive.

#freepalestine #Stopisrael #gazagenocide #rafahmassacre #hamdsofrafah #gaza #palestine #Jerusalem #ceasefirenow #Iran #yemen #IDFterrorists #icj #globalstrikeforpalestine #globalintifida #revolution #genz #gotthis

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vicontheinternet · 5 days

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Do ppl not know what the implications of them actively co-signing for the national guard to come to a peaceful protest is? They aren’t going to be as “harmless” as the cops were and they were fucking aggressive as hell. You are actively campaigning for the death of these kids knowing or unknowing because they are protesting. Are they really disrupting you that much? They are not being are nearly disrespectful and disruptive as they could be they could’ve held up inside the school with their dean like Kent university back in the day but they decided to do this peacefully. So why were there snipers for sure at Ohio state but from what I’m hearing on multiple campuses?

#civilian really wants to be police and they want to be in charge #because ppl have been on the news saying that it wasn’t that much of an inconvenience and that they’d just get another flight #but at the same time they want these college kids expressing there amendments to go to hell #what the fuck #what the fuck is wrong with people #this is the generation that was raised on school shooter drills #columbia university #ut austin #university of southern california #emory university #ohio state university #free palestine #free gaza #palestine #current events

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randomfactalready77 · 12 days

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#digital art #artwork #university of southern california #united states #california #artists on tumblr #my art #photographers on tumblr #explore #experimental #sketch

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wildcat2030 · 13 days

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Eating a fatty, sugary Western diet (read: junk food) during the crucial years of brain development impairs memory long-term, new research has found. Caused by a reduction in a neurotransmitter associated with Alzheimer’s disease, the memory impairment wasn’t reversed by switching to a healthy diet in early adulthood. Synonymous with junk food, the Western diet has deservedly gotten a bad rap regarding its impact on physical and mental health. Broadly defined as a diet high in processed foods, saturated fats, and simple sugars, it’s associated with excessive caloric intake, obesity, and metabolic dysfunction. But how does eating a Western diet impact the functioning of a growing brain? Adolescent brains are a ‘work in progress’. Between the ages of 10 and 24, the brain undergoes significant changes that are greatly influenced by factors such as genetics, hormones, sleep, and diet. Previous studies have linked diet, particularly the consumption of a Western diet, with cognitive dysfunction. A new study by researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) has examined how a high-fat, sugary diet damages the teen brain, affecting memory. They conducted their research on juvenile and adolescent rats.

#university of southern california

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historyforfuture · 2 days

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No place for democracy when their interests are affected .

Stil there r many hidden interests will come to the surface .

Doctor Jill stein candidate for Massachusetts governer was fiercely arrested bec.of her solidarity with the students calling for an end to the massacre in Gaza

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hack-saw2004 · 12 days

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another beautiful display of solidarity and not backing down when there are attempts to intimidate organizers into silence. a MASSIVE crowd at university of southern california in support of asna tabassum, the valedictorian who was disallowed from speaking at graduation because of her vocal support for palestine. universities can try and silence their students, try to continue profiting off of genocide, but i dont think its gonna work anymore.

#free palestine #end aid to israel #let asna speak #university of southern california #gaza genocide #save palestine #free 🍉#boycott divest sanction #end the occupation #end the genocide #freepalastine🇵🇸#from the river to the sea #free palestine in our lifetime

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athleticperfection1 · 3 months

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USC Swimming

#University of Southern California #USC #USC Trojans #college swimming #swimmer girls #athlete #female athletes #college athlete #college girl #bikini #athletes in bikinis

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theivorybilledwoodpecker · 7 days

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Some excerpts about various college protests:

Law enforcement have arrested more than 20 people on the University of Texas at Austin campus, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety. ... Harvard University has joined the growing list of American universities holding solidarity encampment protests. Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine, a group that describes itself on Instagram as a "coalition of Harvard students fighting for divestment and a #FreePalestine," posted today that it established a "liberated zone" on campus, joining a slew of other campuses across the country. ... Police responded to the encampment protest and were seen taking down tents at the University of Southern California this afternoon — hours after student activists started their demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. ... Peace and environmental activist Naomi Klein, who is Jewish, joined hundreds of antiwar demonstrators outside New York Sen. Chuck Schumer's home Tuesday night for an "emergency" Seder. ... Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, an assistant professor of journalism at NYU, said he and other faculty members went to support students protesting in support of Palestinians yesterday when ranks of “intimidating” helmeted police officers closed in and arrested them. ”I can’t even count how many police. Then they arrested faculty and they violently arrest students, and sort of destroyed this academy that the students had set up. Took all of us down to One Police Plaza, the NYPD headquarters, and everyone was charged with trespass,” he said. Kumanyika said students were grabbed, handcuffed with zip ties and officers were seen throwing chairs. Student protesters at the University of California's Berkeley campus joined students across the country yesterday in demanding their school cut all ties with Israeli institutions. The Berkeley protesters have camped out for the last two days in opposition to the war in Gaza."I guess I'm not super surprised. I mean, it is Berkeley, things like this are happening all the time. The only thing that's surprising me is, it's this late in the semester," UC Berkeley student Any Bass told KNTV, NBC News' affiliate in the Bay Area. .... An encampment protest started this morning at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with about 90 students seen joining shortly after 6 a.m., the school said. Nine people were arrested at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus yesterday, the institution said this morning. Some students had set up an encampment on the north end of Northrop Mall and were warned by police early yesterday to disperse or be arrested. Some chose to disperse while others chose to remain and peacefully protest before they were arrested and later released.

#palestine #israel #gaza #columbia university #brown university #new york university #berkely #University of Southern California #Harvard #University of Texas

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bracketology having ND and USC in the same bracket - give the people what they wanna see!! I love both juju and hannah, and i still think the race is very much on for NFOY and i'm here for it, big time freshies 🙌

tbt to iowa uconn 2021 lowk?

nah but that would go dummy

#wbb #wcbb #nd wbb #usc wbb #university of southern california #university of notre dame #juju watkins #hannah hidalgo #ask

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plethoraworldatlas · 14 days

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In a decision that the largest U.S. Muslim civil rights organization called "cowardly," the University of Southern California announced Monday that it would not allow a Muslim valedictorian to speak at its commencement ceremony, citing safety concerns.

USC's 2024 valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, is a first-generation South Asian Muslim student majoring in biomedical engineering with a minor in resistance to genocide. Her selection as valedictorian drew criticism from pro-Israel groups because of a link pasted into her Instagram profile that advocates for a single Palestinian state where "both Arabs and Jews can live together without an ideology that specifically advocates for the ethnic cleansing of one of them."

"This campaign to prevent me from addressing my peers at commencement has evidently accomplished its goal: Today, USC administrators informed me that the university will no longer allow me to speak at commencement due to supposed security concerns," Tabassum said in a statement. "I am both shocked by this decision and profoundly disappointed that the university is succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice."

"I am not surprised by those who attempt to propagate hatred," Tabassum continued. "I am surprised that my own university—my home for four years—has abandoned me."

#us politics #israel #palestine #university of southern california #islamophobia tw #censorship #The link she got banned for is something she shared 5 years ago #She didn't even get to write a speech or anything before they banned her

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