GWCR Op-Ed: Grad Speaker is Divisive Choice

In selecting a Commencement speaker, a university should seek to choose an individual who stands above the divides that are too often visible in society. This individual should have the inherent ability to transcend the political, racial and socio-economic differences of a diverse graduating class in order to provide credible words of guidance, inspiration and wisdom. Sadly, in choosing Julian Bond as the keynote speaker at Commencement, our University has failed to do this. [MORE]