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Showing Original Post only (View all)Large group of students just walked out of Notre Dame's commencement during VP Mike Pence's address [View all]
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Dozens of Notre Dame Students Walk Out of VP Mike Pence Commencement Speech
Dozens of students at the University of Notre Dame walked out of their commencement ceremony Sunday when Vice President Mike Pence took the stage in protest of the administration and policies he represents.
Some members of the larger crowd cheered the walk-outs on, while others booed the students who marched out of gates 27 and 28 of Notre Dame Stadium during the school's 172nd commencement. The walk-out came before the students received their degrees, and they were not allowed back in, officials said.
The move was not totally unexpected, since the student organization WeStaNDFor had shared their plans ahead of time. They believe that the politics Pence, the former Indiana governor who was raised Catholic, represented contradicted the Catholic social virtues Notre Dame extols.
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Large group of students just walked out of Notre Dame's commencement during VP Mike Pence's address [View all]
kpete
May 2017
OP
Your imagination is not the standard for all, now is it? One might ask why do you live in TEXAS??
WinkyDink
May 2017
#75
You tell me. I'm sure that the media would have been happy to talk to one of the
ehrnst
May 2017
#103
Excellent, know a young man graduating at this time, probably did not walk out if he
Thinkingabout
May 2017
#8
I don't know if the students had already received their diploma, but if they hadn't -
avebury
May 2017
#17
I was born and raised in 100 miles N. of Indianapolis....I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
onecent
May 2017
#22
Why do universities even invite standing politicians to address their students like this?
LiberalLovinLug
May 2017
#55
And a controversial, traitorous asshat with nothing of value to say to these students.
SunSeeker
May 2017
#87
Schools should not ruin students' proud moment by inviting commencement speakers offensive to half
tblue37
May 2017
#63
I agree also. This is a really bad custom. More like authors, educators, movie stars,
demigoddess
May 2017
#68
Some walked out yesterday at Grove City College. That surprised me because
appleannie1943
May 2017
#79