BYU Campus Protests Dick Cheney Speech ("Cheney just doesn't measure up")

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BYU Campus Protests Dick Cheney Speech
By DEBBIE HUMMEL, Associated Press Writer
34 minutes ago


PROVO, Utah - Some students and faculty on one of the nation's most conservative campuses want Brigham Young University to withdraw an invitation for Vice President Dick Cheney to speak at commencement later this month.

Critics at the school question whether Cheney sets a good example for graduates, citing his promotion of faulty intelligence before the Iraq war and his role in the CIA leak scandal.

The private university, which is owned by the Mormon church, has "a heavy emphasis on personal honesty and integrity in all we do," said Warner Woodworth, a professor at BYU's business school.

"Cheney just doesn't measure up," he said.

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But student Diane Bailey, who is leading a protest Wednesday against Cheney's visit, said students are not "robotic conservatives."

Bailey and others are upset by Cheney's role in promoting faulty intelligence that led the U.S. into the Iraq war. They also cite his proximity to the CIA leak scandal in which his chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice.

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