Excerpts from several 2009 commencement speakers, including WUSTL's speaker Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America.

References:

1. May 29, 2009 — Words of Wisdom for 2009 grads in the USA Today

Public service has been a common theme at college commencement ceremonies around the country this past month. Sunday's CBS Evening News gives a sampling, including WUSTL's commencement speaker Wendy Kopp.

References:

1. May 24, 2009 — 2009 Commencement Address Highlights in the CBS Evening News

Laura Ingraham interviews two students on the subject of liberal intolerance on college campuses. WUSTL student Jill Strominger comments.

References:

1. May 20, 2008 — Liberal Intolerance on College Campuses in the Fox - The O'Reilly Factor

Host Neal Conan talks to the Weekly Standard's Joseph Epstein about Northwestern offering and then rescinding an honorary degree to Reverend Jeremiah Wright. One of the callers was a WUSTL alum named Mark who described the protest against Phyllis Schlafly at WUSTL's commencement.

References:

1. May 20, 2008 — Northwestern Rescinds Wright's Honorary Degree in the NPR - Talk of the Nation

Hundreds of WUSTL students and faculty staged a silent protest as conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly received an honorary degree at the 147th Commencement.

References:

1. May 16, 2008 — Students, faculty protest Schlafly at commencement in the Associated Press State & Local Wire

and 62 others.

Some faculty and students at WUSTL plan to protest at commencement to show their disapproval for the university's decision to award conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree on Friday.
The director of WUSTL's woman and gender studies program, Mary Ann Dzuback, comments.

References:

1. May 9, 2008 — Protest planned against Schlafly receiving honorary degree in the Associated Press State & Local Wire

and 3 others.