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"Butler rejects U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts as commencement speaker; Students' commencement suggestion of Roberts came too late, prof says"

"Butler rejects U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts as commencement speaker; Students' commencement suggestion of Roberts came too late, prof says": Saturday's edition of The Indianapolis Star contained an article that begins, "If U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts comes to his niece's graduation at Butler University, it won't be as the commencement speaker. A student-led proposal to invite Roberts, an Indiana native whose niece is in Butler's senior class, to speak at Butler's May 8 graduation was shot down by faculty members. The move disappointed students and raised the ire of some conservatives on campus, but university leaders said they wanted to avoid the controversy that a visit by the Supreme Court jurist might bring."

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 15, 2010 (boomark / email).