Five months ago, USC cited safety as a rationale for banning economics professor John Strauss, who is Jewish, from campus after student activists said they felt threatened when he approached them at a protest and said “Hamas are murderers. I hope they all are killed.” “Our north star is protecting the safety of our community,” a USC spokesperson said at the time. Now the university is again citing safety concerns for canceling a Muslim valedictorian’s speech at its May commencement ceremony.... Read this story
