Newsday: McCain finds unfriendly audience in NYC
Arizona Sen. John McCain received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School’s commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.
The historically liberal university has been roiled in controversy in recent weeks over the selection of the Republican and likely 2008 presidential candidate to speak to its 2,700 graduates and thousands of family, friends and faculty.
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