I mean, WTF is totally warranted here at ASU. How the hell can you invite a sitting president and the first African-American President of this country to give the commencement speech but say, "Sorry, ain't givin' you the honorary degree, you have not done enough." This school needs to be laughed at, as it is currently being laughed at all over the media.
I don't know who decided this, but this was one of the worst media moves, ever. Sorry, but you can't help but say, what constitutes body of work? Obama's accomplishments are stellar and got him where he is now. For Arizona State to say, basically, "you can come here and talk but not good enough for the degree" too much.
Now, damage control, because they need it.
Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University, tells POLITICO that the school is reconsidering its widely mocked plans not to give President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement on May 13 and will “honor him in every way possible.”
“There was no intended slight,” Crow said by telephone from his office in Tempe. “We had not yet talked about what honors we might give him as our commencement speaker, and we still have a month to work all that out. We don’t want anyone to think we do not recognize what he has achieved and what he means in America.”
A formal decision has not been made, but it was clear from Crow's comments that the university is headed in that direction. ASU risked becoming a national punch line if it did not quickly retreat from its policy against conferring honorary degrees on a sitting politician.
Hell, yeah, Obama should get the honorary degree, this is a joke, a pure joke. This school was on its way to a lifetime of mockery, and I am being nice here. And the media is blasting this school and not in a good way.
GET IT TOGETHER, ASU.......I MEAN QUICK, FAST AND IN A HURRY...
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Debra J. White · 832 weeks ago
Crow carried his animosity towards minorities from Columbia where he served as vice provost. he orchestrated the discrimination and retaliation campaign against Latina Prof. Graciela chichilnisky that dragged on for 16 years and cost Columbia millions.
He's doing the same at ASU.
Prudence Russell · 832 weeks ago
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Prudence Russell · 832 weeks ago
To Everybody: FYI - Michael Crow, Arizona State University (ASU) President, hardcore RACIST in one simple word. My! my! what do you know, here's a real live RACIST on display to the entire media and to the world.
To all college bound high school graduates........ REMEMBER THAT THE PRESIDENT OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS A RACIST. If this is the school you want to attend while Michael Crow is President, more power to you. Whoa! this is too much for me to swallow. Unthinkable that nowadays, in this high tech younger generation, one OLD individual (MICHAEL CROW) still sits in the dark with morbid anticipation of reviving racism and discrimination. But the younger generation of today are much too bright to go back in the past. This is after all their generation which they will take control in the near future. So....all you college bound HS graduates, think hard and long before entering an institution such as ASU which embodies hate and discriminatory tendencies. I truly believe that Michael Crow is making ASU an institution geared to his own likeness....somewhat like HITLER'S OWN TENDENCIES. Brrrrr.....brr....scary
Veronica · 832 weeks ago