Thursday, June 01, 2006

College Commencement = Campaigning on the Cheap

The tradition of using commencement ceremonies as a platform to grind political axes has to stop. Graduating students work hard to earn their degrees, and deserve better than to be used as cheap political props. Cases in point:

NEW YORK -- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a "beyond dumb" remark about a fellow Democrat putting "a bullet between the president's eyes."
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Dozens of faculty members and students at the New School turned their backs and raised signs to protest an appearance by Sen. John McCain at their graduation ceremony.
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