Argh...

I'm so glad graduation is almost over. It's felt like campus has been under invasion for the last month. Not by the normal May tourists -- the families of seniors and the endless groups of school children taking the guided tours -- but by militant abortion protesters.

There have been gory and graphic posters. "Blood"-spattered baby carriages. Trucks driving around town decked out in graphic and inflammatory images. A prop plane that's been buzzing campus for the last three weeks, toting an immense banner of a 10-week-old fetus.

We've received aggressive and disturbing email and phone threats -- against the university's president, Obama, Catholics in general, and the general populace of the school -- for allowing our sitting president to speak at commencement, and for granting him an honorary degree. We've been warned, too, to be prepared for protests at our ceremony (which has nothing to do with Obama). We are apparently to expect anything from peaceful prayer protests during the ceremony to "bloody" baby dolls thrown at the stage.

As Cher Mere has mentioned several times to us, she has to tell her daughter to hide her eyes every time they drive through town. That's just wrong, on so many levels.

It's infuriating and draining. No matter what your personal conviction about the subject, the truth is that the protesters have laid siege to our campus and they have hijacked what should be a joyous and exciting weekend of celebration for the graduates.

Instead, you have people like Randall Terry and Alan Keyes, who arrive in town and hold a press conference to announce that they will disrupt the ceremonies, and fully intend to be arrested for their actions. How does that do the actual cause any good, for attention whores who thrive on their own drama to martyr themselves for publicity?

And then there's the money these asshats have wasted on all this publicity for a "cause" that's lost any chance at garnering sympathy. It's not like they're going to change anyone's minds with these tactics.

Infuriating.

And here is the rest of it.