Approximately fifteen protesters who were opposed to President Obama's address to the graduating class at Notre Dame were arrested Friday after disobeying rules about staging a demonstration and walked on to the school's campus. Protesters were told beforehand that they could protest as much as they want within South Bed, but if they stepped foot on Notre Dame property, they would be arrested.

Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes led a group of about 50 people towards the Notre Dame campus. They passed through the gate and went up about 200 yard in the driveway, where they were met by campus police. Police asked them to leave, they refused and were arrested. It was said to have been peaceful, and vans were on-hand to load up the offenders in.

Other than the arrests, the Notre Dame campus was relatively quite, despite the controversy surrounding the president's visit.

Obama will also be receiving an honorary law degree from the university on Sunday. This decision has upset abortion opponents who say that the Catholic university is violating ts own beliefs in honoring the president.

A group of student have announced that they will not attend the commencement ceremony, and will instead hold a prayer vigil elsewhere on campus.