Worth the read considering the focus on last week's Commission meeting invocation.

Click here for link to a Detroit Free Press article which tells of a situation surrounding the selection of George Will as a commencement speaker. There are those in the campus community that are concerned about the conservative columnist's appearance and his apparent cavalier attitude toward sexual abuse on college campuses. There is even an alternative commencement being planned for people "not comfortable" with sitting through his talk. Excerpts from the article:

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.

And:

One faculty member, Assistant Sociology Professor Stephanie Nawyn, said his appearance sends a bad message in light of an ongoing federal investigation into MSU's handling of sexual assault cases. The Department of Education has two open Title IX compliance cases against MSU for assault reports made in July 2011 and February this year.
"I am concerned, as are other faculty, that bringing an individual to our campus that has publicly invalidated and dismissed the traumatic experiences that some of our graduates have had sends an inaccurate message to our students," Nawyn said in an email. "Will is not just giving a speech; he is part of one of the biggest days of our graduates' lives, and I want that day to include messages that the Spartan community respects and treasures all of our students."
Nawyn is among a group of faculty who are organizing a second or alternate alternative graduation ceremony for students who are not comfortable sitting through Will's appearance. Details of the ceremony were not yet finalized as of Tuesday afternoon.

Would Commissioner McVoy think that this form of protest is an "un-American" act?