To the editor: Thank you for publishing the inspiring picture of a joyful Asna Tabassum, USC's 2024 valedictorian, on the front page of your May 11 print edition. ("Silenced USC valedictorian walked the stage and the crowd reaction was anything but silent," May 10) To all the forces of violence and hate who sought to suppress her voice, and to the embodiments of cowardice in the USC administration who refused to defend her and instead canceled her commencement address: You have lost. Tabassum's...
Asna Tabassum, USC’s Class of 2024 valedictorian who was barred from speaking at the university’s commencement ceremony, called attention to her silencing by releasing a largely redacted version of