Ted Turner to appear at MSU-Northern commencement

Montana State University-Northern is gearing up for a visit from media mogul, entrepreneur and Montana transplant Ted Turner in less than a month.

Turner will be this year's Northern commencement speaker at the Saturday, May 7, graduation ceremony.

Chancellor Frank Trocki announced Turner's speaking at the Havre Chamber of Commerce luncheon in January.

He has since said that the Turner has some ideas about what he wants to do for the speech, outside of usual commencement speech protocol.

According to Trocki, the stage from which he will speak will not support a podium, but a couple of chairs f...