My Irritation Gets Some Aggravation
Okay, been following the goofball protests at various universities over commencement speakers? Well, so had
Princeton's former president, who took his speech at Haverford U as an opportunity to speak out against the kooks:
“I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau’s
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of `demands,’” Bowen said Sunday.
“In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments.”
The problem that Birgenau had was that despite being at Berkeley (yes, that Berkeley), he was insufficiently deferential to the Occupy Wall Street kooks. So far, so good, but:
Bowen also said Birgeneau had “responded intemperately, failing to make
proper allowance for the immature, and, yes, arrogant inclinations of
some protesters. Aggravated as he had every right to be, I think he
should be with us today.”
Aggravated means "made worse." I am pretty sure that Bowen intended to say "irritated," which Birgenau certainly had every right to be. The former president of Princeton can't get that right?
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
Bowen
- who made clear he took no position on Birgeneau's handling of the
Berkeley student demonstration - blasted the Haverford protestors'
approach.
"I am disappointed that those who wanted to criticize Birgeneau's
handling of events at Berkeley chose to send him such an intemperate
list of "demands," said Bowen, who led Princeton from 1972 to 1988 and
last year received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
"In my view, they should have encouraged him to come and engage in a
genuine discussion, not to come, tail between his legs, to respond to an
indictment that a self-chosen jury had reached without hearing
counter-arguments."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html#wR6hKdAEgAYGPc8J.99
