Controversial commencement speeches spark outrage at CUNY.

The majority of CUNY Board of Trustees have remained silent over a law school graduate's "hate-filled" commencement speech, which has sparked widespread condemnation and calls for the public university to be stripped of its taxpayer funds. Only five of CUNY's 17 board members have publicly denounced the speech, with trustees chairman Bill Thompson and vice chair Sandra Wilkin calling the remarks "hate speech." The trustees who did condemn the speech agreed that guidelines must be put in place to prevent future speeches from descending into vitriolic chaos. Jewish activist Ronald Lauder has called for the law school dean to be fired after she was among the faculty on stage who applauded the graduate's speech.