WHY I HATE HARVARD EVEN MORE
April 2, 2008 - 8:28 pm
i'm not bitter because i got rejected, heck i never even applied, both for undergraduate and graduate
Harry
Potter never returned to Hogwarts for his seventh and final year, so J.
K. Rowling never got to write a graduation speech for her magical
protagonist.
The author of the immensely popular %u201CHarry Potter%u201D series will get a
chance to make up for that in June, when she delivers the keynote
address at Harvard%u2019s Commencement exercises, the University announced
yesterday.
%u201CPerhaps no one in our time has done more than J. K. Rowling to inspire
young people to experience the excitement and the sheer joy of
reading,%u201D said University President Drew G. Faust in a statement.
The University will also grant the British author an honorary degree at
the June 5 ceremony. The Harvard Alumni Association chooses the speaker.
On campus, the news of Rowling%u2019s selection was met with surprise, both
pleasant and not. That depended, in part, on one%u2019s devotion to her
seven books about the adolescent wizard who saved his world.
%u201CI was a little suprised,%u201D said Class Marshall Andrew J. Tennant %u201908.
%u201CI haven%u2019t read all the %u2018Harry Potters%u2019 and didn%u2019t get into the Harry
Potter craze. I%u2019ve been reading a little bit more about her today and
getting a better sense of her. Obviously, she%u2019s a world-renowned author
promoting this creative idea in this really great series.%u201D [SEE
CORRECTION BELOW]
In a flurry of activity on House open lists, Potter fans defended the
choice while others worried that Rowling would be a letdown compared to
last year%u2019s ceremonies, which featured Bill Gates as Commencement
speaker and Bill Clinton as Class Day speaker. (This year%u2019s Class Day
speaker has not been announced.)
%u201CWe have a war in the Middle East and political division, and we chose
a speaker to talk to us about children%u2019s books,%u201D Marco P. Basile %u201908
said in an interview in the Quincy House Dining Hall. %u201CIt%u2019s a slap in
the face to what the University stands for. We should hear about the
challenges facing the world.%u201D
Harvard professor Maria Tatar, who teaches a Core Curriculum course on
childhood, said the pick wasn%u2019t as unusual as it seemed to some.
%u201CThis is the Harry Potter generation that is graduating%u2014the Class of 2008.%u201D
%u201CIf you look at her impact on the culture, it certainly equals the
power of many of her predecessors%u201D as Commencement speaker, Tatar
added. She praised Rowling for never writing down to her audience and
for turning children into passionate readers.
The Harry Potter books have sold more than 375 million copies since the
first volume, %u201CHarry Potter and the Sorcerer%u2019s Stone,%u201D was released in
1997. The seven installments, which have been translated into 65
languages and are available in more than 200 countries, propelled
Rowling to fame and riches as the 13th-wealthiest woman in the world.
She was unemployed and lived off state benefits as she completed the first Potter novel.
Rowling is the fifth woman since 1950 to speak at Commencement.
Previous writers to address the graduates included Ralph Ellison,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Lionel Trilling.
STUPID UNGRATEFUL POMPOUS IDIOTS!
( i know i shouldn't generalize the whole school based on those two comments)
BUT REALLY!
it saddens me how graduates there think so highly of themselves, so much for being the "model" university
bleh
JK Rowling is Harvard's 2008 Commencement Speaker!
Harry
Potter never returned to Hogwarts for his seventh and final year, so J.
K. Rowling never got to write a graduation speech for her magical
protagonist.
The author of the immensely popular %u201CHarry Potter%u201D series will get a
chance to make up for that in June, when she delivers the keynote
address at Harvard%u2019s Commencement exercises, the University announced
yesterday.
%u201CPerhaps no one in our time has done more than J. K. Rowling to inspire
young people to experience the excitement and the sheer joy of
reading,%u201D said University President Drew G. Faust in a statement.
The University will also grant the British author an honorary degree at
the June 5 ceremony. The Harvard Alumni Association chooses the speaker.
On campus, the news of Rowling%u2019s selection was met with surprise, both
pleasant and not. That depended, in part, on one%u2019s devotion to her
seven books about the adolescent wizard who saved his world.
%u201CI was a little suprised,%u201D said Class Marshall Andrew J. Tennant %u201908.
%u201CI haven%u2019t read all the %u2018Harry Potters%u2019 and didn%u2019t get into the Harry
Potter craze. I%u2019ve been reading a little bit more about her today and
getting a better sense of her. Obviously, she%u2019s a world-renowned author
promoting this creative idea in this really great series.%u201D [SEE
CORRECTION BELOW]
In a flurry of activity on House open lists, Potter fans defended the
choice while others worried that Rowling would be a letdown compared to
last year%u2019s ceremonies, which featured Bill Gates as Commencement
speaker and Bill Clinton as Class Day speaker. (This year%u2019s Class Day
speaker has not been announced.)
%u201CWe have a war in the Middle East and political division, and we chose
a speaker to talk to us about children%u2019s books,%u201D Marco P. Basile %u201908
said in an interview in the Quincy House Dining Hall. %u201CIt%u2019s a slap in
the face to what the University stands for. We should hear about the
challenges facing the world.%u201D
Harvard professor Maria Tatar, who teaches a Core Curriculum course on
childhood, said the pick wasn%u2019t as unusual as it seemed to some.
%u201CThis is the Harry Potter generation that is graduating%u2014the Class of 2008.%u201D
%u201CIf you look at her impact on the culture, it certainly equals the
power of many of her predecessors%u201D as Commencement speaker, Tatar
added. She praised Rowling for never writing down to her audience and
for turning children into passionate readers.
The Harry Potter books have sold more than 375 million copies since the
first volume, %u201CHarry Potter and the Sorcerer%u2019s Stone,%u201D was released in
1997. The seven installments, which have been translated into 65
languages and are available in more than 200 countries, propelled
Rowling to fame and riches as the 13th-wealthiest woman in the world.
She was unemployed and lived off state benefits as she completed the first Potter novel.
Rowling is the fifth woman since 1950 to speak at Commencement.
Previous writers to address the graduates included Ralph Ellison,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Lionel Trilling.
STUPID UNGRATEFUL POMPOUS IDIOTS!
( i know i shouldn't generalize the whole school based on those two comments)
BUT REALLY!
it saddens me how graduates there think so highly of themselves, so much for being the "model" university
bleh
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