Dueling Commencement Speeches Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE MAY 20, 2017 9:00 AM

When it comes to commencement speeches, some people are more welcome than others.

• Will Ferrell Uses Commencement Speech at USC to Bash Trump
• Texas Southern U. Cancels John Cornyn Commencement Address
• Notre Dame Fine With Students’ Plan to Protest Mike Pence Speech

Some people can get away with saying anything.

• Elizabeth Warren Plays Government Outsider on Student Debt in Speech at UMass
• Texas A&M Won’t Fire Prof Who Called for Killing White People
• U. Hawaii Prof Demands White Men Quit Their Jobs

Have you noticed that higher education is now setting back race relations?

• Nooses and Bananas Appear at American University, Students Issue Demands
• White Students at American U. Barred From Entering ‘Sanctuary’ for Black Students

All leftism, all the time.

• U. Colorado Sets Up Special ‘Social Justice’ Dorm
• U. Illinois Spends $60 Million a Year on Diversity
• Columbia University Will Have Six ‘Multicultural Graduation Ceremonies’

Free speech updates.

• Northwestern U. Students Shut Down Talk by Immigration Officer
• Middlebury Announces More Unspecified Discipline for Students Over Mob Attack

Shocker.

• Higher Education Gets Low Marks from the American People in New Survey

Of course they do.

• Students at Oberlin Want to ‘Socialize’ Dining Halls

Voices of reason.

• Prof: Students Who Are ‘Traumatized’ by College Need Professional Help
• Prof: To Stop Campus Craziness, Stop Donating Money

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