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Yale Students Launch Hunger Strike; USC Cancels Graduation Speech by Muslim Student

HeadlineApr 16, 2024
Image Credit: Instagram / @yalehungerstrike

Protests continue on U.S. college campuses. A group of Yale graduate students launched a hunger strike Friday to demand Yale divest from companies arming Israel.

Meanwhile, the University of Southern California has come under fire for canceling the commencement speech of valedictorian Asna Tabassum for what the school claimed were “safety” reasons after she became the subject of an online anti-Palestinian hate campaign. Asna Tabassum said, “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.”

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