1. Even though the administration at ASU acted stupidly...I'm sure a
lot of the students are looking forward to the President speaking there. I felt the same way about Notre Dame until I remembered that the complainers aren't really speaking for the students.
16. they made a stupid decision on the honorary degree, but they are naming a scholarship program
for Obama. In the long run, another honorary degree is meaningless. A scholarship program named for Obama will have a lasting impact. So of course he's going
They have a good honors program that's almost like a separate campus and accepts some pretty bright kids. I have a friend who goes there and he's not much of a party animal at all (then again, it was between the ASU honors and UC Davis for him..)
10. One of my friends has a daughter who will be graduating
and she is so excited about Obama speaking at her commencement.
I think he should go for the students who supported him through this whole mess. A lot of students and faculty did support him. They shouldn't be penalized for the screw ups of the higher ups.
12. Very simple- Obama has a very good chance of taking AZ next time
and when it goes blue it will stay there for some time.
AZ has been shifting blue demographically for some time and many pollster believe that had they not nominated McCain the Republicans could not have carried the state.
13. Because he's going to speak to the students, who have nothing to do with the decision not to give
him the honorary degree.
And because he agreed to do it.
And because he's not so petty as to refuse to speak to the graduating students he promised to address just because the school won't give him an honorary award he doesn't need and probably couldn't care less about receiving.
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