Obama to Get Honorary Degree from Notre Dame U. - Students Protest

The American president will soon be given an honorary degree from Notre Dame university in Indiana. Quite a number of students will start protesting this evening. A coalition of 11 student groups, ND Response, plans:

• A prayer vigil
• Outdoor mass
• Rally
• A meditation for seniors boycotting their graduation

What the more official Notre Dame paper called a "prayer vigil" seems to be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, starting at 9:30 tonight.

I don't know why Notre Dame's The Observer decided not to use a specifically Catholic term to describe the event.

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In the news:

• "ND Response organizes demonstration on campus"
  Notre Dame's The Observer online (May 15, 2009)
• "Some Notre Dame Students to Forego Commencement in Protest of Obama Visit"
  FOXNews (May 12, 2009)

Background:

• NDResponse.com"
  • "Commencement Demonstration Details"