Boos and Protests Mark Betsy DeVos's Speech at Bethune-Cookman

Edison O. Jackson, the president of Bethune-Cookman University, approached the lectern at the event center here on Wednesday — standing in front of soon-to-be-graduates and more than 3,000 of their family members, friends, and supporters, at the opening of the university’s spring commencement ceremony. “Turn and face forward,” he said. The students turned in step.  What followed was less uniform.