from SLATE's on-line headline news summary: >USA [TIMES] fronts President Bush's commencement address at his alma >mater, Yale, and includes a Bush-free picture of graduating protesters >there. The NYT fronts a protest-free picture of Bush there. The coverage >notes that Bush, a 1968 graduate, >has, to avoid an elitist tag, long downplayed his connection to Yale, and >that yesterday's reception by students was less than warm. The papers >depict Bush's speech as gamely self-deprecatory. Nearly everyone quotes >his comment, "To those of you who received honors, awards and >distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too, can >be president of the United States." since I attended Yale as an undergraduate, my wife asked me what I thought of all this. It's important to remember that honorary degrees are given to those who are rich and powerful and have lots of connections, and (most importantly) who have the greatest possibility of raking in alumni contributions for the university. Thus, Bush has finally earned a college degree. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
