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

In a statement, NYU spokesperson John Beckman apologized for the speech and accused the student of misusing his platform “to express his personal and one-sided political views.”

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[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

So the university is going to abuse its position of power to force students to only express views it approves of. NYU is saying they support fascism and genicide, not a good look for a university.

Sad NYU had been a good school at one point but like Columbia it has fallen sharply in terms of the overall quality of the school.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The blatant bad-faith equating of criticism of the Israeli government actions with antisemitism is both predictable and disappointing.

Unfortunately, Universities are less about educating and creating productive and well-rounded members of society and more about raising money from alumni and justifying massive administration budgets.