Help others, first lady tells VU grads - Nashville, Tennessee - Friday, 05/12/06 - Tennessean.com

Help others, first lady tells VU grads - Nashville, Tennessee - Friday, 05/12/06 - Tennessean.com: "Help others, first lady tells VU grads
Message of service before self strikes chord with Class of '06

By TRAVIS LOLLER
and CLAUDETTE RILEY
Staff Writers

First lady Laura Bush drew cheers at Vanderbilt University on Thursday when she mentioned 31 graduates adding military commissions to their degrees. She also drew protesters who criticized her husband's handling of the war in Iraq.

But Bush devoted most of her time before seniors and their families urging graduates to spend time helping those less fortunate than themselves."