Thomas Friedman to speak at Schapiro inauguration
When Morton Schapiro officially takes the reins as Northwestern’s president on Oct. 9 in Deering field, he will be joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, according to a University press release.
Friedman will speak during the inauguration ceremony and will participate, earlier that same day, in a symposium called “Big Ideas and Challenges” with Schapiro.
Inauguration festivities will last from Oct. 7 to Oct. 10 and will be characterized by “pomp and circumstance, talks and music, and events on Northwestern’s Evanston and Chicago campuses,” according to the press release.
The inauguration planning committee, headed by Sarah Pearson, vice president for alumni relations and development, will also work in conjunction with student groups to “bring a major music performer or band for a concert the evening of Friday, Oct. 9.”
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Listening to this hack rehash someone else’s seven-year old ideas about globalization is not an auspicious way for Morton Schapiro to begin his time as president. I just e-mailed a friend about this disappointing news, and he responded, “I declare the earth is flat! I just blew your mind! Did you know that India is full of people? And they want your jobs. We have no choice but to give them to them because they are a juggernaut and a democracy. It’s the wave of the future. Just remember you heard it here first. From me. Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winner. Thomas. Friedman.”
Ugh
May 6, 2009 at 10:06 am
I’d call for an NU student to pie him, but that already happened at Brown.
Ugh, cont'd
May 6, 2009 at 10:09 am