Need speaker coverageI thought about suggesting that they try to get Dr. Collins and ask Hillary to host a "Coffee" instead, but thought that might appear to be too mean-spirited.To the Editor:
I noticed that you have yet to give any real news coverage to the selection of Hillary Clinton to be the Commencement speaker this year—one sentence buried deep in an article about tuition increases doesn’t count! It’s been two weeks, not counting your recess.
One of my colleagues, also an RPI graduate, summed it up beautifully when he said, “She has no technical standing and is of dubious integrity.” So why the silence? Were the students consulted? The faculty? What did they say?
To the math professor who suggests that we should just give up commencement speeches if we must look for non-controversial speakers I say, “Rubbish!”
My daughter graduated from the University of Virginia in 2001. The commencement speaker was Francis Collins, who directed the genome project. He gave a pretty good speech. He certainly has technical standing, and no one I know doubts his integrity.
ML/NJ
ALUM ’68
There is an article in the paper this week about the selection of the CSQ. (Opinions vary on speaker process, selection )
ML/NJ
Good letter. I'm amazed the Poly printed it.