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Michelle Obama Tears Up at Graduation Speech in Tough DC Neighborhood
By Mara Gay - Politics DailyMichelle Obama gave an emotional graduation speech today at a high school in D.C's Anacostia neighborhood, a historically black section of the city that struggles with poverty, violent crime, and high dropout rates. "Perhaps there were those who wanted to write you off, maybe because of assumptions they made about you or your school or your community," Mrs. Obama said. "But every day you're proving them wrong." The first lady had tears in her eyes as she spoke about the sacrifices her parents made to give she and her brother an education. She told the graduates of The Academies at ...
Video Catches Sleepy Student at Obama Speech
By Mara Gay - AOL News(June 8) -- President Barack Obama's graduation speech at a Michigan high school got plenty of applause, but it didn't prove rousing enough for one student. He dozed off. As the president told Kalamazoo Central grads that "true excellence only comes with perseverance," a sleepy student in the choir behind him can be seen on camera yawning and struggling to stay awake. The unidentified young man is quite animated as he fights sleep, even managing to join a round of applause before closing his eyes again. It wasn't long before the video was a YouTube hit. Of course, the president may be ...
Obama to Give Commencement Address at Michigan High School
By David Sessions - Politics DailyPresident Obama will address the graduation class at Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan on Monday, after the school won the "Race to the Top" challenge initiated by the Department of Education. According to CNN, Kalamazoo Central has moved its commencement ceremony to the nearby West Michigan University to accommodate the crowd the president is expected to draw. Graduating seniors were given eight tickets, and no tickets were given to the general public. "I congratulate our winner, Kalamazoo Central High School, and all of our six finalists for their innovative and effective ...
Opinion: Souter's Harvard Speech Is One for the Books
By not in system - AOL News(June 1) -- David H. Souter, the perennially reticent, famously dorky former justice of the United States Supreme Court, gave his country a blessing of a speech last Thursday at Harvard University's commencement. In his typical polite, patient, plodding style, he offered to the (probably bored and under-appreciative) crowd an extraordinary gift. He delivered to them a thoughtful but firm answer both to the lazy politicians who decry "judicial activism" and to "originalists" like Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, who see the Constitution as a contract that must be interpreted only in ...
With Holy Cross Commencement Speech, Mark Shriver Continues Family Tradition
By Peter W. Fulham - Politics DailyWORCESTER, MASS. – Mark Shriver delivered the commencement address at the College of the Holy Cross on Friday, returning to his alma mater with a message of humility and service for the graduating seniors. Shriver is the vice president and managing director of U.S. programs for Save the Children, a nonprofit group that provides health care, educational support, and disaster relief for at-risk children. He is also the son of Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, and the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy. Shriver made several references ...
Glenn Beck to Address Baptist Grads, but His Mormonism Sparks Debate
By David Gibson - Politics DailyGlenn Beck is a darling of Fox News viewers and a must-see for legions of religious conservatives. So given his profile and right-of-center views, it was no surprise when it was announced that Beck would be a featured speaker at this Sunday's commencement at Baptist-run Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., the brainchild of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority. Falwell's son, Jerry Jr., is the current president of Liberty. In a statement explaining the invitation, he called Beck "one of the few courageous voices in the national media standing up for the principles upon ...
Bishop to Notre Dame on Obama: 'We won. You lost.'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhen Bishop John D'Arcy of South Bend, Ind., publicly and decisively declared he would boycott Notre Dame's graduation last May because President Obama was the commencement speaker, he touched off the proverbial firestorm -- and one that actually lives up to the cliche since the debate is continuing, fueled again this week by a fresh rejoinder from D'Arcy. At the time of the invitation in March, more than one-quarter of the nation's active Catholic bishops joined D'Arcy in declaring that Notre Dame -- the icon of American Catholic faith and success -- had sold her birthright for a mess of ...
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