UM: Snyder Protest

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After it was reported on March 14, 2011 by the Michigan Daily that Gov. Rick Snyder had been selected as the commencement speaker for the spring University of Michigan graduation, UM student Richard Durance created an online petition asking that the university reconsider its decision to invite Snyder and to adopt a general policy of not inviting elected officials as speakers. By the end of the day on March 14, the petition had achieved more than 2,700 signatures. Had the proposed policy been in place last year, it would have precluded the selection of last year’s speaker, President Barack Obama. [Source]