The March 9 editorial “Cracking down on graduation speeches won’t solve the problem on campus” highlighted New York University as an example of the unhelpful attitude of some universities regarding student speech.
NYU’s efforts to control the narrative at its graduation ceremonies come after one of its students, Logan Rozos, used last year’s graduation stage to condemn U.S. involvement in Israel’s war in Gaza, which the student labeled a genocide. The university has since announced that graduation speeches will now be pre-recorded and screened to prevent a recurrence.
Universities should let students speak
