Rutgers Faculty Denounce Selection Of Condoleezza Rice As Commencement Speaker

The faculty council cited her war record and her misleading of the public about the Iraq war as reasons for their opposition.
Rutgers Faculty Denounce Selection Of Condoleezza Rice As Commencement Speaker
By Susie Madrak — March 1, 2014

Via NJ.com:

NEW BRUNSWICK — The Rutgers University New Brunswick Faculty Council approved a resolution yesterday urging the university’s Board of Governors to rescind its invitation to Condoleeza Rice to speak at commencement.


The Board of Governors voted earlier this month to award an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to Rice, who served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush. She will be paid $35,000 for her commencement address.

But the faculty council cited her war record and her misleading of the public about the Iraq war as reasons for their opposition.

"Condoleezza Rice ... played a pr...

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