Thursday, May 29, 2008

Northwestern University grads say Mayor of Chicago too small to speak at their graduation


Northwestern University - Mayor Richard Daley may be a political powerhouse in Chicago, but just over the city line in Evanston, some seniors at Northwestern University think he's too, well, parochial to be their commencement speaker. Students say they feel let down because the choice, announced this week, doesn't carry the cachet of recent speakers, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, or even last year's speaker, Julia Louis-Dreyfus of "Seinfeld."Some were hoping for the Dalai Lama. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - GoDaddy