"birth control is selfish"

So says this year's student commencement speaker at St. Thomas University. The speaker, a recipient of the "Tommy of the Year" award, picked his moment to lead a tirade on "selfishness," apparently in reference to a controversial school policy forbidding unmarried employees from rooming together on student trips.

If you want to hear the speech (and get an idea of the crowd reaction):

A portion of the controversial speech has been posted online at YouTube (be forewarned that several loud expletives from audience members are also audible). The speaker is Ben Kessler, who was elected by students and faculty members as “Tommie of the Year,” earning the right to address his fellow graduates. Kessler was a 4.0 student and a star on the football team. He is moving to Rome to study for the priesthood.

It's probably out of line for me to say this, but a boy that righteous has had own share of "selfishness," and Rome may not be far enough for him to get away from it.