NRO broke the news this morning that Condoleezza Rice has withdrawn as a commencement speaker at Rutgers University. Before this news, Rutgers’ decision to keep her as a speaker in spite of opposition was cheering. But, as the NRO dispatch indicates, Robert Barchi, the president of Rutgers, didn’t sound so much in favor of free speech this past week as he did earlier when the protest first occurred. It appears that Rice got the hint and graciously bowed out.