Comments on: LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy and Producer of “The Wire” David Simon among this year’s commencement speakers http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/ The Georgetown Voice Blog Fri, 24 May 2013 05:21:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Georgetown U invites Kathleen Sebelius to speak at commencement | Jill Stanek http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-549753 Georgetown U invites Kathleen Sebelius to speak at commencement | Jill Stanek Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:56:30 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-549753 [...] be interpreted as a direct challenge to America’s Catholic bishops, Georgetown University has announced that “pro-choice” Catholic Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human [...]

]]> By: what http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-542213 what Thu, 10 May 2012 09:06:05 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-542213 1. Ela Bhatt is awesome.

2. Georgetown doesn’t actually pay its graduation speakers, they agree to come in for free.

]]> By: Rev. Kenneth Olsen http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-542159 Rev. Kenneth Olsen Wed, 09 May 2012 22:22:16 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-542159 I used to proudly proclaim that I received my Theological training from the Jesuits. Not any more!

]]> By: alumna http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-542057 alumna Wed, 09 May 2012 01:46:56 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-542057 Yeah, I meant make it not a Catholic school.

]]> By: @alumna http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-541940 @alumna Tue, 08 May 2012 01:25:50 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-541940 Do you mean to make Georgetown NOT a Catholic school? I completely agree. The whole Catholic thing is a major burden and GU would be MUCH better off as a secular institution. Too bad it’ll never happen because the bible-thumping nutjobs among the alumni would throw a fit…

]]> By: alumna http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-541892 alumna Mon, 07 May 2012 17:10:27 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-541892 Good for Georgetown for inviting Sebelius. Is there a petition to make Georgetown a Catholic school? Count me on board (heck, I’d literally designate my will to leave everything to Georgetown if that were the case). I do like the Jesuits and what they stand for, but Georgetown would be so much better off for not being associated with the rest of the Catholic craziness.

(Oh, and by the way, Ela Bhatt is a much bigger deal than the LivingSocial guy or the Wire guy, for all you SFS cribbers. Important enough to be part of The Elders (just look at who else was part of the founding group of Elders): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_Bhatt#The_Elders)

]]> By: Jack http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-541869 Jack Mon, 07 May 2012 13:41:16 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-541869 GPPI’s ceremony is not a commencement ceremony — GPPI students receive their diplomas in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony (and the speaker at the latter ceremony is who receives an honorary degree).

Traditionally (and I assume it will be the case this year), the GPPI speaker does not receive an honorary degree, which places this on a much lower level of vetting and visibility, except among those who wish to make it a big deal.

]]> By: Actual Student http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-541843 Actual Student Mon, 07 May 2012 05:58:38 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-541843 As an actual student at Georgetown (not an anonymous internet troll who has no connection to this school) that I’m gay, an atheist and give a portion of my paycheck every month directly to Planned Parenthood.

Reading all these posts makes me happy that my school took my side on this issue and not yours.

And @Don I’d be happy to sign any petition making Georgetown a secular institution. I think then we’d finally break the top 10…

]]> By: Don http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-541765 Don Sun, 06 May 2012 02:24:28 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-541765 Well, here’s the Holy Father’s call, earlier today, for American Catholic Universities to reform, comply with Church teaching, and submit themselves to the Bishops. Of course, the supposedly Catholic G-town will flaunt even the Pope.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201856.htm

]]> By: Don http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2012/05/04/living-social-ceo-tim-o%e2%80%99shaughnessy-and-producer-of-%e2%80%9cthe-wire%e2%80%9d-david-simon-among-this-years-commencement-speakers/comment-page-1/#comment-541750 Don Sun, 06 May 2012 00:28:20 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=38068#comment-541750 VisitorsfromCNS: I don’t have a problem with that. Those are all clearly secular institutions. None of them pretend to be Catholic. The problem with G’town is that it claims to be Catholic, but isn’t. In fact, it goes out of it’s way to give the middle finger to the Church.

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