700 expected to protest MSU graduation speaker George Will
Source: Detroit Free Press
The selection of conservative journalist George Will as one of the speakers at this weekend's Michigan State University commencement has sparked anger among advocates for sexual assault survivors because of the syndicated columnist's controversial statements about rape.
So far, more than 700 people have R.S.V.P.'d to protest MSU commencement Saturday morning at the Breslin Center. Other events are also planned throughout the week, including a rally Wednesday in front of the Hannah Administration Building in which protestors say they will deliver petitions seeking his removal from the list of speakers.
Organizers of the events say Will — a Washington Post columnist who briefly taught at MSU in the 1970s — has a history of inflammatory statements discrediting the severity of college rape. . .
Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/12/09/expected-protest-msu-graduation-speaker/20161163/
As a long ago Spartan grad, I'm dismayed that the university would select such a charlatan as commencement speaker.
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