On Tuesday, former United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke at Washington University in St. Louis. Pomona’s ASPC Speaker’s Committee considered inviting Gonzales to speak on campus last fall, but according to Kelly Schwartz ’10, Communications Commissioner and chairperson of the Speakers Committee, nixed the idea because of financial considerations and a belief that students would not be interested.
At least 100 Washington University students and community-members protested Gonzales’s speech by wearing orange jumpsuits and carrying signs with messages such as “Protest is Patriotic” and “Stop Torture.” However, most of the protests occurred outside before the lecture rather than during Gonzales’s speech.
Although the speech was mostly about public service, Gonzales addressed the protesters early on, saying, “some of the students have chosen to protest. They are saying, I think, that they disagree with something and they want a change. But it is not enough to protest. Many people who complain the loudest do not even vote. What choices are you prepared to make to bring about change?”
He summed up his speech by urging students “to serve our great nation in some capacity at some point in your careers because I believe God has given each of you unique talents.”
http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/?page=sports&article=3006&issue=112
http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/?page=sports&article=3006&issue=112
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These were actually smart things to say to students, sort of:
"But it is not enough to protest. Many people who complain the loudest do not even vote. What choices are you prepared to make to bring about change?”
He summed up his speech by urging students “to serve our great nation in some capacity at some point in your careers because I believe God has given each of you unique talents.”
The rest of it was not as good.
Well Fredo will need a friend soon Mr. Kitty as the Gerbil will forget he knows him. Now if the fruit picker thinks he wants to talk he'll be kidnapped and shiped off to Mexico never to be heard of again. The Bush/Cheney used him and now he's of no use anymore. As for what he says well he's not smart even to get out of this one. Notice how many people stood up for him only one and then there were none.
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