NYU Denies Diploma to Student Who Criticized Israel in Commencement Speech

May 15, 2025 1 min read

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Jake Offenhartz
Associated Press

Excerpt: New York University said it would deny a diploma to a student who used a graduation speech to condemn Israel’s attacks on Palestinians and what he described as U.S. “complicity in this genocide.”

Logan Rozos’s speech Wednesday for graduating students of NYU’s Gallatin School sparked waves of condemnation from pro-Israel groups, who demanded the university take aggressive disciplinary action against him.

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PAUL KENNISON
PAUL KENNISON

May 16, 2025

I listened to the speech. I am a strong supporter of free speech of all kinds (both offensive and not), but I was saddened to learn that some people find even such relatively polite speech condemning murder in the Middle East to be so offensive that the man speaking the words should be denied his diploma. But then again I guess it is not the first time that people have justified committing trespasses against others because of trespasses committed against them.

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