George Will's speech at Michigan State graduation - report

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'A week of protests came to a head inGeorge Will’s Saturday morning speech about Michigan State University’s embodiment of what the role of government should be.

Will, a columnist with the Washington Post, spoke to graduates from the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, James Madison College and the colleges of Arts and Letters, Business, Education, Music and Social Science.

Will gave a history lesson about the Morrill Act of 1862, which made MSU the first land grant university, and the GI Bill of Rights from 1944, which allowed college enrollment to explode. He said the current toxic political climate in Washington D.C. can be solved if lawmakers look to the past, and places like Michigan State.

“We have had the knack before and we can have it again,” Will said about government passing policies that help its citizens. “But, then, Michigan State Univeristy not only understands this, it embodies this.”

Will’s speech was a controversial topic of conversation in the week leading up to Saturday’s ceremony.'