Students at Northwestern University School of Law are flipping out on the dean for allowing this year's graduating class to be addressed by pioneer whore-loving politician and scuzz TV host Jerry Springer. But Dean David Van Zandt says: "Mr. Springer is an alumnus who has held public office as a city council member and mayor of Cincinnati. We look forward to his participation," according to legal blog Above the Law.
Mid-tempest, a tipster to the blog, claiming to be both a Northwestern law student and a legal intern on the show, writes in with some background and defends Jerry as a commencement speaker: