We previously wrote about the University of Southern California calling off all guest speakers for its 2024 commencement ceremony after controversy erupted over the scheduled (then canceled) speech by the antisemitic valedictorian to graduates, with the provost explaining that “[t]he intensity of feelings,” and mounting criticism from people “out of USC”–along with “the ongoing conflict in the Middle East,” had made putting on the speeches untenable. They were worried about “security,” and the possibility of “disruption.”
Read: USC Calls Off All 2024 Commencement Speakers After Canceling Speech by Antisemitic Valedictorian
That wasn’t the end of the story, though. As we’ve seen, pro-Hamas protests and encampments have sprung up on college campuses across the U.S., including at Columbia, Harvard, and the Univerity of Texas, Austin, in the wake of the attack on Israel on Oct. 7,…
