Laney College students heckle UC president [Janet Napolitano]'s address
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
(05-24) 14:30 PDT Oakland -- Laney College students marched in protest and some heckled University of California President Janet Napolitano as she gave a commencement address at the community college's graduation ceremony Saturday.
Booing and at one point turning their backs on her, dozens of students, faculty and supporters in the audience objected to remarks by the former chief of Homeland Security, who has been faulted for her stance on immigration issues during her time with the Obama administration. Many pumped their fists as a gesture of defiance.
"No one could hear her as she was speaking, the whole time," said Yvette Felarca, one of the organizers of the protest. "It was a very proud day for Oakland - we made it clear that she was not welcome at Laney College. It was an insult, it never should have happened."
A spokesman for Napolitano, Steve Montiel, said the hostile response to her address was "particularly disappointing" in light of the fact that Napolitano began her remarks by referencing the shooting deaths of six people near the UC Santa Barbara campus on Friday night.
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