notre dame students freak vice president pence plan commencement speech college snowflakes try shut free speech students ever survive real world college break 60-year tradition invite sit president speak instead university president announce pence schedule visit note native son fit 175th year found indiana soil notre dame recognize native son serve state nation quiet earnestness moral conviction dedication common good characteristic true statesmen say notre dame president rev john i. jenkins c.s.c brand reserve dignity mike pence instill confidence state level world stage proud welcome represent new administration notre dame students protest vp pence year commencement speaker make feel unsafe pic.twitter.com/w7mjofp6dv fox friends foxandfriends april 12 2017 university notre dame students begin notmycommencementspeaker white board campaign protest invitation vice president mike pence speak commencement.last week seniors immane mondane jourdyhn williams invite students take photos hold white board direct quote pence racist sexist homophobic xenophobic offensive ostracize members community along hashtag notmycommencementspeaker alternatively students could also write feel unsafe presence mike pence campus daily opportunities photos take whiteboards week.once photos compile organizers plan share social media hop start discussion pence invitation personally pence represent large trump administration mondane tell observer administration represent something many people campus make feel unsafe someone openly offensive also demean humanity life identity photos appear post yet mondane provide observer several examples complaints students shared.one student use quote pence favor traditional marriage write board congress oppose effort put gay lesbian relationships equal status heterosexual marriage -pence notmycommencementspeaker another read daughter immigrants family lgbtq folks read campus reform college snowflakes freak feel unsafe vp pence plan commencement speech video