Top 10 Most Controversial Commencement Speakers in College History

http://www.onlinecollege.org/2010/01/05/top-10-most-controversial-commencement-speakers-in-college-history/

Barack Obama, Notre Dame, 2009

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/17/obama-notre-dame-speech-f_n_204387.html

Jerry Springer, Northwestern University, 2008

Salman Rushdie, Nova Southeastern University, 2006

Mumia Abu-Jamal, Evergreen State College, 1999

Clarence Thomas, University of Georgia, 2008

Phyllis Schlafly, Washington University, St. Louis, 2008

Michael Mukasey, Boston College Law School, 2008

Ben Stein, University of Virginia, 2009

Dick Cheney, Brigham Young University, 2007

James Franco, UCLA, 2009

http://www.popcrunch.com/students-protest-james-franco-ucla-commencement-invitation/