Edited sentence: Card was also protested earlier in the year when he came to UMass to give a lecture entitled "The American Political Landscape: Looking Towards 2008" on April 11, 2007.Due to the protests, Card chose not to speak and Provost Charlena Seymour's comments regarding the award were drowned out by the people involved in the protest.On May 25, 2007, a large protest was held during the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Graduate Commencement where Andrew Card received an honorary degree.The Radical Student Union and the Graduate Student Senate organized protests which included a "die-in," where students fell prone with fake blood spattered on their clothes, as well as protest signs and the unfurling of a very large protest banner.The commencement protest followed two demonstrations on campus on May 8 and May 15, 2007 with regards to the honorary degree.The protest was picked up and broadcast by MSNBC, as well as receiving a writeup by the Associated Press stating that small groups of students and faculty booed and held up signs while Andrew Card was given his honorary doctorate in public service