Class Day Festivities

This year's Class Day was as uneventful as always. But, there were some notable highlights. Particularly, Senator McCain's speech to the Columbia College graduating class, which primarily served to dispel any possible doubts about his future candidacy for the office of President. The speech wasn't too controversial, but it had all the necessary words: terrorism, war, Iraq, veteran, genocide, Osama, unity, and of course, freedom. Unfortunately, we soon discovered that the speech was almost entirely identical to the one he gave at Liberty, which is extremely lame, even for a politician.

Both Deans did very well, but of course, my allegiance to Zvi is known, so I was partial. Columbia College class day was early in the morning, and it was raining the entire time. Overall, it was very miserable and unpleasant for everybody. However, the sun came out and was shining bright for the Engineering ceremony. Zvi claimed that it was not a coincidence, but rather a special project from the department of Environmental Engineering.

Columbia College claimed to have set an Ivy League record with their senior class gift. That record lasted for about 3 hours, until Engineering announced their senior class gift, which noticeably surpassed efforts by the College. (Eh - some loyalties are hard to forget).

Bollinger did not make a big speech, and I am really looking forward to hearing him talk tomorrow, at Commencement. I am always extremely impressed with his intelligence and leadership, and I think that history will remember him as one of Columbia's greatest Presidents, certainly in the same category as Barnard, Low, and Butler.

The broadcasts of both ceremonies are available on the Commencement website.