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I find it bothersome - and maybe it was the heavy hand of OSU that clamped down - ...but to be expelled from the ceremony is just the price you pay for disrupting. Hell, people are expelled from FReeRepublic for disrupting.

As for arresting.....I can imagine reasons for arresting protesters if the protests erupt into chaos or a riot or some other instance. I don't think anyone was arrested....I think some disruptors where shown the door.....as they should have been.

Here is a cut and paste from Yahoo: Bush was invited to speak at the Ohio State commencement by representatives of the graduating class. But immediately before class members filed into the giant football stadium, an announcer instructed the crowd that all the university's speakers deserve to be treated with respect and that anyone demonstrating or heckling would be subject to expulsion and arrest. The announcer urged that Bush be greeted with a "thunderous" ovation. And he was. When university President William Kirwan saluted Bush's response to Sept. 11, the crowd of thousands stood to applaud, whistle and cheer.
I have friends who were there and who said they saw a trickling of of kids trying to get media time. I would be po'd if hecklers tried to ruin my day. It was representatives of the students who invited Pres. Bush.
Why would this DU disrupter take a baby along? Was the baby intended to be used as a deflector? DUs act like spoiled children and they learned from the best....Juvenile Dad, Clinton!

I don't particularly see this as "disruption" tho. Disruption would be blocking a bridge or street or shouting down the speaker or something like that. There are plenty of instances where genuine disruptors should be shown the door and/or arrested. I don't agree this is one of them. And as to the allegation that this couldn't have happened because it would be a "lamestream journalist's wet dream" to be able to cover this. Hardly. At one point sure. But the mainstream media is not interested in rocking the boat. Are they biased? Sure. But let's seriously look at the stories they cover. Nothing too earth-shaking (unless it's something that absolutely can't be ignored).

...but to be expelled from the ceremony is just the price you pay for disrupting.

Trust me, it's the expected price most of the time. A bunch of us were thrown out (yes, physically) from a commie meeting last winter--but we knew going in that we'd be out on the street as soon as we opened our mouths. We just wanted to heckle. And we did.

Anyway, some times in life you have to choose between two things you want very much. The students and their fellow travelers in the audience could choose between staying for the commencement and behaving themselves, or making their "statement" and being ejected. I have no sympathy for people who whine about fascism merely because they can't "have it all", all of the time.