Two high-achieving high school seniors from Westchester who placed at the top of their class are being recognized for their impressive accomplishments by district officials. In an announcement on Tuesday, May 7, the Ardsley School District revealed seniors Derek Xu and Lydia Lung have been named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. District officials said both students consistently made valuable contributions during their four years at Ardsley High School to earn the prestigious...
Asna Tabassum, USC's Class of 2024 Valedictorian, shared the written script of the speech she hoped to deliver during the now-canceled May 10 Commencement Ceremony with student publications, the Daily Trojan and Annenberg Media.
"He's marvelous. I see such a bright future for him," one of his professors said.
"He's marvelous. I see such a bright future for him," one of his professors said.
The crowd inside USC’s Galen Center erupted in a prolonged symphony of applause Friday as Asna Tabassum — the Muslim valedictorian whose speech was canceled by university leaders amid controversy over her pro-Palestinian views — walked across the stage to accept her diploma during the Viterbi School of Engineering graduation ceremony. Tabassum’s entire biomedical engineering class, along with a few spectators, stood to applaud her as she left the stage and walked down the aisle to her seat....
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 is a Muslim-American student whose remarks were canceled last month over security concerns on University of Southern California’s Los Angeles campus
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
The identical twin sisters, who transferred to Godby in 2022, said their parents taught them that a free public education is a privilege.