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Discuss “McCain’s speech centers on media, not CMU”

Many Americans, both Democrat and Republican, took great interest in Senator John McCain’s (R–Ariz.) speech last Tuesday in Wiegand Gymnasium.

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Comment 1. Julian Arney
Apr 21, 2008 at 05:24 AM Report comment

I would suggest that we cling to Carnegie Mellon tradition. If I remember correctly from the history presentation during Orientation, some Carnegie Tech students threw marshmallows at a speaker that they found... unappealing. I myself was too lazy to leave my apartment to see Senator McCain speech and so watched it on CNN comfortably on my couch and fell asleep twice. It is important that the presidential hopefuls note the audience to which their speaking. I wouldn't go to a PETA meeting and not talk about animal rights. Likewise, if I come to see a politician speak on my own campus, I'd expect him/her to speak on issues that are important to university students. Even if is cliche, at least I wouldn't have fallen into a deep coma--multiple times--while watching the speech.

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