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asnah tabassum at an event yesterday, tabassum getting an ovation from her classmates today. tabassum sharing what would have been her speech with the school newspaper. a majority of it. she blacked out, sending a message that she was silenced and leicester, this is where the encampment once was now filled with celebratory graduates. all around campus, there are signs warning students that anyone who is exceptionally disruptive today may be removed immediately. lester, liz creutz, thank you. in virginia, a school board voting to restore the names of confederate leaders to two schools after they were changed a few years back during a nationwide reckoning over racism. here's yamiche alcindor tonight. people in shenandoah county are divided after virginia school district voted 5 to 1 to restore the names of confederate military leaders to two public schools. the reason why they changed the name, i kind of understand that. but we need to put it back to our heritage, just where we're from. this is what we do. i don't like it at all, and just thinking about it makes my heart race.
asnah tabassum at an event yesterday, tabassum getting an ovation from her classmates today. tabassum sharing what would have been her speech with the school newspaper. a majority of it. she blacked out, sending a message that she was silenced and leicester, this is where the encampment once was now filled with celebratory graduates. all around campus, there are signs warning students that anyone who is exceptionally disruptive today may be removed immediately. lester, liz creutz, thank you. in...
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. >> asna tabassum. [applause] lisa: at the university of southern california, cheers for asna tabassum. >> you may not know this, but asna is usc's 2024 valedictorian. lisa: a prominent student activist. the university canceled her speech, but students at an awards ceremony gave her a standing ovation. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. amna: there were also arrests at new mexico state university last night. police charged 13 people after a school building was damaged and vandalized. protests over the war in gaza our impacting this year's "eurovision" song contest in malmo, sweden. it's the world's biggest live musical event. israeli singer eden golan has made tomorrow's finals after modifying her song. organizers ruled the original, about the october 7 hamas attack in israel, was too political. on thursday, more than 10,000 demonstrators took to the streets. security confined golan to her hotel room while she's not performing. in ukraine, the battlefront has shifted to the kharkiv region in the
. >> asna tabassum. [applause] lisa: at the university of southern california, cheers for asna tabassum. >> you may not know this, but asna is usc's 2024 valedictorian. lisa: a prominent student activist. the university canceled her speech, but students at an awards ceremony gave her a standing ovation. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. amna: there were also arrests at new mexico state university last night. police charged 13 people after a school building was damaged and...
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. >> reporter: meanwhile at the university of southern california -- [ cheers ] >> tabitha -- asna tabassum. >> reporter: the school's employee palestinian valedictorian receiving her diploma at a smaller department ceremony today. usc canceled her speech and ultimately their entire main commencement ceremony citing security concerns. some jewish groups voiced concerns over her instagram, which included a link to a website that calls for the abolishment of israel. >> to be here and not speak, honestly i'd love to hear her. >> reporter: at an event yesterday, she got an ovation from her classmates. today she shared what would have been her speech with the school newspaper. a majority of it she blacked out sending a message that she was silenced. lester, this is where the encampment once was now filled with celebratory graduates. all around campus there are signs warning anyone exceptionally disruptive may be removed immediately. >> liz, thank you. >>> in virginia a school board voting to restore the names of confederate leaders to two schools after they were changed a few years back during a
. >> reporter: meanwhile at the university of southern california -- [ cheers ] >> tabitha -- asna tabassum. >> reporter: the school's employee palestinian valedictorian receiving her diploma at a smaller department ceremony today. usc canceled her speech and ultimately their entire main commencement ceremony citing security concerns. some jewish groups voiced concerns over her instagram, which included a link to a website that calls for the abolishment of israel. >> to...
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. >> reporter: also wrangling usc's campus, the school's treatment of valedictorian asna tabassum. it rescinded her speaking invitation, apparently worried about escalating tensions around this muslim students pro-palestinians views. >> usc betrayed me. >> reporter: u.s. he feels a lot less collegiate these days. this campus is on lock down the outside world your classic security. no university i.d., no access. as if on cue, when we interviewed professor sandy tolan about the campus lockdown, overhead noise drowned us out. speak with the militarization of our campus -- >> reporter: sorry, got to have you hang one seconds. >> it's funny because this is what i was going to be talking about, was the helicopter. >> reporter: and l.a.p.d. helicopter circling. >> reporter: any force as it is a regular occurrence. our university administrations just in a tough spot? >> there is no doubt they are in a tough spot but the reaction has made it worse. >> reporter: we ask the school repeatedly for an interview. no luck. what we do hear a lot is this: sure, losing the big cap and gown moment is
. >> reporter: also wrangling usc's campus, the school's treatment of valedictorian asna tabassum. it rescinded her speaking invitation, apparently worried about escalating tensions around this muslim students pro-palestinians views. >> usc betrayed me. >> reporter: u.s. he feels a lot less collegiate these days. this campus is on lock down the outside world your classic security. no university i.d., no access. as if on cue, when we interviewed professor sandy tolan about the...
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one, he is trying to make money off of the maga rift, and there are people that love the asna tabassum podcast, and he feels like he is as good as don jr. the other thing is, i think he could be -- he thinks he could be hud secretary. >> is that what ben carson was? >> yes, he has one spot for someone that's not white. >> it has to be the urban development secretary. let me play this bonus one, a bonus contender. hillary clinton on msnbc this week, she tried to school students about the pro- palestinian protest. watch. >> i have had many conversations, as you have had, with a lot of young people over the last many months now. they don't know very much, at all, about the history of the middle east. they don't know that under the bringing together of the israelis and the palestinians, by my husband, the then israeli prime minister, then head of the palestinian liberation organization, then the palestinian authority, yasir arafat. this author was made, and if yasir arafat had accepted it, there would have been a palestinian state now for about 24 years. >> just to separate the politics fr
one, he is trying to make money off of the maga rift, and there are people that love the asna tabassum podcast, and he feels like he is as good as don jr. the other thing is, i think he could be -- he thinks he could be hud secretary. >> is that what ben carson was? >> yes, he has one spot for someone that's not white. >> it has to be the urban development secretary. let me play this bonus one, a bonus contender. hillary clinton on msnbc this week, she tried to school students...
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it wouldn't allow asna tabassum to speak at graduation because of security concerns, adding that outside groups had escalated the risks of disruption and violence later then canceled the university-wide may 10th graduation ceremony altogether, saying there wasn't enough time to process guests with new safety measures in place and the graduation celebration is happening next thursday, that's may 9th. usc says it will feature drone shows, fireworks, surprise performances and also the trojan marching band and amanda. i have a nephew who's graduating next week, so we're definitely keeping up with these constant daily changes to see what's happening. >> all right. thank you so much, gloria. pressure is growing from alumni demanding the uc system divest from companies with ties to israel. many are vowing to withhold donations until uc leaders divest this letter was sent to uc regents in january and now has more than 5000 signatures from alumni. many people signing their support just in the past week. they specifically want the uc system to stop investing in weapons manufacturers. >> we have we
it wouldn't allow asna tabassum to speak at graduation because of security concerns, adding that outside groups had escalated the risks of disruption and violence later then canceled the university-wide may 10th graduation ceremony altogether, saying there wasn't enough time to process guests with new safety measures in place and the graduation celebration is happening next thursday, that's may 9th. usc says it will feature drone shows, fireworks, surprise performances and also the trojan...
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usc said it would not allow asna tabassum to speak at graduation because of security concerns, saying that outside groups had escalated the risks of disruption and violence later, then canceled the university wide may 10th graduation ceremony altogether, saying that there wasn't enough time to process guests with new safety measures in place. the graduation celebration is happening next thursday, may 9th. usc says it will feature drone shows, fireworks, surprise performances and also the trojan marching band. >> gloria. thank you. you can follow our coverage of the college campus protests in the bay area and nationwide on our website. abc7 news.com. san francisco's loss is the peninsula's gain as an ai startup is packing up and heading south. replit, an ai company valued at over $1 billion, announced this week that it's leaving to go to foster city. a tech expert at san jose state university says san francisco remains the world's undisputed ai capital. he would be worried if bigger companies like openai decided to leave. >> they called him anchor. you know, companies where everybody i
usc said it would not allow asna tabassum to speak at graduation because of security concerns, saying that outside groups had escalated the risks of disruption and violence later, then canceled the university wide may 10th graduation ceremony altogether, saying that there wasn't enough time to process guests with new safety measures in place. the graduation celebration is happening next thursday, may 9th. usc says it will feature drone shows, fireworks, surprise performances and also the trojan...
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. >> now, at usc, the valedictorian, her name is asna tabassum, who is a muslim. she said, i was hoping to use my commencement and speech to inspire my classmates with a message of hope by canceling my speeds usc is only caving to fear and rewarding hatred what have they do agree? >> by the way? >> and do you think the administrators could have de-escalated just like on brown for instance, even at northwestern, i'm glad you mentioned brown and auth western because it's a reminder that these students actually have reasonable demands. this isn't just an excuse for some kind of spontaneous anarchy. it's hard to imagine how an undergraduate student who's made valedictorian presents such a great security challenge. that it defeats the university administration and many of us and i include myself feel that that was used as an excuse to justify an a totally legitimate attempts to try and pacify critics by removing her free speech, presumably, i mean, america has a written constitution, unlike ours here in britain, that guarantees free speech university seem to be complet
. >> now, at usc, the valedictorian, her name is asna tabassum, who is a muslim. she said, i was hoping to use my commencement and speech to inspire my classmates with a message of hope by canceling my speeds usc is only caving to fear and rewarding hatred what have they do agree? >> by the way? >> and do you think the administrators could have de-escalated just like on brown for instance, even at northwestern, i'm glad you mentioned brown and auth western because it's a...
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. >> reporter: also rankling usc's campus, the school's treatment of valedictorian asna tabassum. it rescinded her speaking invitation, apparently worried about escalating tensions around this muslim student's pro-palestinian views. >> very honestly to use like a dramatic word, usc betrayed me. >> reporter: usc feels a lot less collegiate these days. this campus is on lockdown to the outside world. ask security. no university i.d, no access. as if on cue, when we interviewed professor sandy tolan about the campus lockdown, overhead noise drowned us out. >> the militarization of our campus -- >> sorry, can i have you hang one second? >> it's funny because this is what i was going to be talking about is a helicopter. >> reporter: an lapd helicopter circling. tolan says it's a regular occurrence. >> are university administrations just in a tough spot? >> there's no doubt that they're in a tough spot. but the reaction has made it worse. >> reporter: we asked the school repeatedly for an interview. no luck. what you do hear a lot is this. sure, losing the big cap and gown moment is har
. >> reporter: also rankling usc's campus, the school's treatment of valedictorian asna tabassum. it rescinded her speaking invitation, apparently worried about escalating tensions around this muslim student's pro-palestinian views. >> very honestly to use like a dramatic word, usc betrayed me. >> reporter: usc feels a lot less collegiate these days. this campus is on lockdown to the outside world. ask security. no university i.d, no access. as if on cue, when we interviewed...