At least they picked somebody with a college degree this time. Our oldest graduated there two years ago and the speaker was David Plouffe, who has no degree. My kid is pretty non-political and she, along with many of her fellow grads, thought it was kind of insulting that that guy was chosen.
The speaker for my commencement was Byron Pitts from CBS. Was not as bad as I thought it would be, even had a few pro-US lines in his speech.
A few yeas earlier, Dr. Benjamin Carson spoke on campus (not commencement, just a guest speaker). That was most likely the token conservative they chose. A good portion on his speech was against socialized health care and American excellence.