USC criticized for event featuring Proud Boys founder and far-right commentators

COLUMBIA — A social media message circulating among University of South Carolina alumni is criticizing the state’s largest university system for allowing a student event featuring a pair of controversial far-right political provocateurs, including the founder of the Proud Boys.

In response, a college spokesman said allowing the event is a matter of free speech.

The September event, sponsored by the USC chapter of Uncensored America, bills itself as a “roast” of Vice President...