That's pretty amazing, this is by far the most liberal place such a thing has happened this graduation season. If I were Kerry I'd be very concerned about these stories. I know they are only anecdotal, but there have been too many to be just isolated incidents.
Everyone, read the entire article. It will make you feel good!
At MADISON? That's like Ann Arbor's twin.
Jeepers, this is my undergrad alma mater. I am just stunned. Are they only letting smart students in who think for themselves? It sounds like it. I am so heartened. Thanks for posting this.
You'll like this.
Those of us with "college age" offspring (and beyond) know that the DIMS are in for a rude awakening come election day!!
Too bad some of the older, "Hell no, we won't go........", generation are still suffering the ill effects of the periquot(sp?) they sprayed on the mary-ji-whana fields back then!!!!!
"They didn't think the time was right to attack a president who was leading the country in a war against terrorism."
Wow, that's all I can say. What great news!
My sister lives in Madison & I've been there several times. I never would have expected this.
And in a related story, Hell has frozen over due to revised air currents caused by flying pigs.
If college graduates are cheering the president than the Kerry campaign has got to be ordering worry medicine by truckload.
Everytime I read about Mr. Medal Tosser he's blabbering in college auditoriums. Kerry losing the college audience is bad news. All he's got left cheering for him are union thugs, eco-fascists, dead voters in Chicago, felons in prison, owners of yellow dogs and Osama. Bad times for Mr. Ketchup are coming his way.
Pass the Prozac, Terayza honey, and go slow on the gin.
There may be hope for my alma mater yet.
It makes sense generationally speaking. Just like the Boomers grew up and rejected their parents community-oriented, conformist and unified society, this new generation looks like it is going to reject their Boomer style individualist, chaotic, no rules allowed upbringing.
I have to say, a great article.
I'm not sure if any of you know this, but there were in fact nearly half-a-dozen commencement ceremonies at UW this year, and I think all at which Bradley Whitford spoke.
I didn't go to the commencement ceremony the author mentions (College of Letters & Sciences, Majors A through H), but the one 4 hours later for those of us in International Relations through Zoology.
That's right, I'm a reasonably conservative member of the UW-Madison Class of 2004. It was pretty wild hearing a decent amount of people cheering for the President at Madison, but as earlier people have said, you'd be surprised at how many conseratives there are at UW.
On the whole the school is definitely still pretty far left, but the silent majority is composed of moderates and conservatives. A reassuring fact for the handful of sober people in the generation which preceeded ours - and tried to ruin everything.
Additionally, although it seems small for a Big Ten school of 44,000 students, as of May 16 there are 44 more UW-Madison graduates serving as new officers in the US military. This includes the most Navy and Marine officers commissioned from UW-Madison since WWII. The USAF commissioned 22, of which I am one, the largest ROTC program at the university.
BTTT
I think it's interesting that as soon as the students applauded, the speaker skipped the rest of his Bush rant and went straight to the other part of his message.
I think it's disgusting that these liberals are so partisan they would ruin the students' graduation just to spew their agenda.
My son is a history major at UW-MAD (except that right now he's at Fort Sam Houston learning how to be a combat medic for the WI National Guard). He has told me that the student body is nowhere near as liberal as the faculty.
This was VERY enjoyable reading. Thank you!