Six degrees of Class Day
Nuriel has already commented that he likes the current rules for selecting Class Day speakers and the limited pool of possibilities they provide. So what if we kept the rules and just stretched them a little to allow for interpretation? Candidates would include:
Lady Gaga: her hit “Telephone” was obviously inspired by the digital signal processor used in cellphones and invented by electrical engineering professor Yannis Tsividis.
Levi Johnston: almost-wife Bristol’s participation on Dancing With the Stars mirrors that of alum Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance. Of course, without all that mushy, promoting inter-racial relations stuff.
Bruce Springsteen: E-Street Band-mate Steve van Zandt played Sopranos gangster Sylvio, mobster with Tony Soprano whose daughter Meadow went to Columbia.
Steve Jobs: the outrageous amount of money Columbia students have spent on his computers and assorted products is reason enough. And Dr. Harold Frucht of the Medical Center has commented on Mr. Jobs’ pancreas.
Rod Blagojevich: reviewed a movie about Elvis at Columbia College… in Chicago.
Stephen Colbert: is from South Carolina, the capital of which is Columbia.
James Franco. Or, James Franco as Allen Ginsberg. Either way, the most legitimate option.
we could have Jobs or Colbert…
you’re basically saying let there be no barrier, do you want columbia (thus your tuition) to pay $200k or more for such speakers? all our class day speakers don’t charge, and my question is not rhetorical but you have to see the trade off.
how did you get this position? you’re not interesting….
This article is total b.s., as are the prstngoaiots in this charade. There are NO segregated buses, either in Israel or Judea/Samaria/WB. The activists’ boarded freely. However, as they did not have the proper permits to cross from Judea/Samaria/WB into Israel, they were not allowed to cross.Every country restricts non-citizens from entering. The activists’ could have obtained the correct paperwork, but did not. This is not particular to Israel, but occurs in every nation in the world.
Grace, you have a small penis.
judging from the picture, she’s really cute.
Henry,There are so many threads on the site, and I am not here erdvyeay, so I missed your earlier comments, and am glad you repeated a bit here, above..As a far outsider, I can guess at a few ways to try and alter discourse:1) Those wanting peace (or at least an end to present policy), should acknowledge the effect of the suicide bombing campaign. But we can also ask how far, and for how long, present policy should go. You cannot force someone to apologize for hitting you (well, you can try), but you can certainly ask what the hits make you become. Gandhi (admitedly a hero of mine), would say that some protective responses change those so acting for the worse, and should be avoided. One can then link Occupation events with (part of) their original impetus. A Christian, a Gandhian, a Muslim may all say at some point even though you did this to me, there are some things I cannot do to you, for fear of what I become. I see no reason to exclude Judaism in this.2) It strikes me as much more reasonable to ask Palestinians to confront suicide bombing rather than demand they acknowledge Israel as the Jewish State. But we should also recognize that networks deploying suicide bombers are not, in toto, all Palestinians.3) I suspect that Palestinians do address the bombings in some of their internal talk. It takes a very strong person to speak of it publically, however, for it would be seen as giving Israel quarter. This is not true, though, for these networks have an adverse effect in Palestinian society, too. If some such speak out, they need real support. Atrocity can bridge the divide for some..Noam,Every once in a while someone on this site will help me understand certain Israeli policies. I think the IDF, internally, has a never again over the suicide campaign. I think, in fact, that the IDF is willing to ignore High Court orders because of this internal never again. Once I realized that, the IDF no longer appeared as a monster. Now, I think the IDF should obey all Court rulings; but if one understands (maybe) why they do not one may ultimately be in a better position to effect IDF complience. I would argue, generally, that when past events so control, even against the rule of law, such an attitude may lead to places members of the IDF do not want to go, if they had foresight..Nothing is gained by deriding right wing views in these matters. Something may well be gained by acknowledging their fist cause. When we say another people (or group or organization) cannot feel, then we will do naught but hit them, and they us..There is risk in hearing these cases. For the hearing may change us or third parties, listening. But I know of no other way to bridge the divides.
I just wonder, why are those actsiivts so desperate to prove the unprovable? That Israel is an apartheid society? Could it be propaganda? That is not the way to find a solution to the problems. That is not the way to peace..If only they would put as much energy into doing a bit of soul searching and look into history, asking themselves, how and why we reached this low point and what can each side do about it? Maybe, just maybe, reasonable compromise solutions would be found that would give the Palestinian Arabs most (not everything) of what THEY want without requiring Israelis to become subservient in the process. Reasonable solutions exist but that involves giving up zero sum games.