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Rudolph Giuliani remains the planned graduation speaker at St. John Fisher College, despite faculty opposition to the invitation, The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported. Dozens of faculty members signed a letter saying that the invitation was inappropriate. "Given the college's mission, which places education in the service of 'intellectual inquiry, professional integrity and civic responsibility,' those of us delivering on these goals in our classrooms are struggling to understand how the board could offer this great honor to a political figure who has recently shown himself to be inflammatory and divisive in his commentary. His recent public arguments do not unite, inspire or challenge us to be our best community. Despite his past leadership record, in the last decade Mr. Giuliani has unfortunately shrunk to become a highly controversial, divisive ideologue."
Donald Bain, the college's president, said that the former New York City mayor would remain as the speaker. "Mr. Giuliani is expected to speak about his role in the Sept. 11 recovery. I believe this will be of interest and value to our students," Bain wrote.
