Student leaders ask Hillary to return "outrageous" $225,000 school speaking fee

“We really appreciate anybody who would come to raise money for the university. But anybody who’s being paid $225,000 to come speak, we think that’s a little bit outrageous. And we’d like Secretary Clinton — respectfully — to gracefully return the money to the university or the foundation,” Waqar said on the Nevada political program “Ralston Reports.”

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Benjelloun echoed Waqar’s remarks.

“When we heard $225,000, we weren’t so thrilled,” he said. “We would hope that Hillary Clinton commits to higher education … and returns part or whole of the amount she receives for speaking.”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/student-leaders-ask-hillary-to-return-speaking-fee-2014-6#ixzz35tTI2XW3

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