"I can't stand up here and pretend I want to be doing this speech right now," the teen said in his graduation speech -- wearing boots still muddy from burying his father hours earlier. A North Texas ...

DALLAS - A North Texas high school valedictorian touched the hearts of many when he delivered a moving graduation speech just hours after burying his father. Alem Hadzic graduated at the top of his ...

Asna Tabassum, USC’s Class of 2024 valedictorian who was barred from speaking at the university’s commencement ceremony, called attention to her silencing by releasing a largely redacted version of ...

Famous speakers included director Jon M. Chu and tennis star Billie Jean King. Amid the decision to cancel this year's valedictorian speech, the University of Southern California announced it would be ...

Straight-A Oklahoma graduate denied diploma for saying "hell' in her Speech. Aug. 20, 2012 — -- The father of a recent high-school graduate who has been denied a diploma because she said "hell" ...

(NEW YORK) — The University of Southern California’s campus has been in the spotlight after school administrators canceled a student valedictorian’s commencement speech due to safety concerns over her ...

A valedictorian in Louisiana was banned from his high school graduation ceremony, because his facial hair broke school policy. Teachers stopped Andrew Jones at the doorway of the ceremony. He was not ...

Amid the decision to cancel this year's valedictorian speech, the University of Southern California announced it would be eliminating all outside speakers and honorees from its main-stage commencement ...