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NYU withholds diploma of student who condemned ‘genocide’ and ‘atrocities currently happening in Palestine’ in graduation speech

JL;DR SUMMARY Logan Rozos, a graduate of New York University (NYU), had his diploma withheld after delivering a commencement speech condemning U.S. involvement in what he described as a genocide in Palestine. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PalestineProtestsFree SpeechActivismIsrael Gaza ConflictNyuGenocide AllegationsDisciplinary ActionsCommencement SpeechLogan Rozos

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New York, United States
"Logan Rozos, a New York University student commencement speaker, denounces atrocities currently happening in Palestine during his talk, May 14, 2025."
Palestinian Territories
"In a speech to the graduating class of the Gallatin School for Individualized Study, a program at NYU that allows students to design their own majors, graduate Logan Rozos spoke for two and a half minutes to loud cheers and a smattering of boos."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"The novelist Salman Rushdie, who survived a 2022 attack by an Islamic extremist, withdrew this week from plans to deliver the commencement address at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles; the schools Muslim student association had criticized the selection of Rushdie, in part because they said he was guilty of minimizing the genocide in Gaza."
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
"Other commencement ceremonies this year have also been disrupted, on a smaller scale, by student pro-Palestinian protesters, including at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom."
New Jersey, United States
"Rutgers University, whose own graduation will take place May 22, defended its choice of Ramy Youssef as commencement speaker after a Jewish New Jersey state lawmaker called the comedian and actor, who has publicly advocated for Palestinians, polarizing."

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