Protesters greet Andrew Card as he receives honorary degree (10,000 protesters? - Wow!) - pics

Protesters greet Andrew Card as he receives honorary degree


Associated Press - May 25, 2007 2:14 PM ET

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - About 10,000 protesters are on hand this afternoon as former White House aide Andrew Card prepares to receive an honorary degree from U-Mass Amherst.

They're chanting songs and handing out leaflets in protest of Card's appearance.

Assistant history professor Sigrid Schmalzer says the former Bush administration officials lacks "intellectual integrity."

Students and faculty opposed to Card being recognized say it looks like a political move and a gesture of support for the war in Iraq, which they oppose.

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Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, second from left, pauses as students and professors hold protest signs and jeer as he receives an honorary degree during commencement ceremonies at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Friday, May 25, 2007. On the dais with Card are, from right, UMass President Jack M. Wilson, Paul Kostecki, vice provost for research, and an unidentified faculty member. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)



Graduating student Yeprem Mehranjan holds a protest sign as former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, not seen, receives an honorary degree during commencement ceremonies at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Friday, May 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)


Boston.com says hundreds of protesters...

UMass faculty, students protest Card's honorary doctorate
May 25, 2007

AMHERST, Mass. --Hundreds of students and faculty erupted in a chorus of boos Friday when President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card rose to accept his honorary doctorate in public service at the University of Massachusetts, blaming him in part for the Iraq war.
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Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts The boos and catcalls -- including those from faculty who stood on stage with Card -- drowned out Provost Charlena Seymour's remarks as she awarded the degree. Protesters claim Card lied to the American people in the early days of the Iraq war and should not have been honored at the graduate student commencement.

Card smiled slightly while Seymour spoke and raised his hand in thanks, then sat down without speaking.

The protests were mainly contained to an area in the back of the campus arena and many of the faculty on stage who joined the three- to four- minute outburst.

One faculty member on stage held a sign: "Card -- no honor, no degree." Another sign said "War criminals go home."


http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/05/25/umass_faculty_students_protest_cards_honorary_doctorate/

I would not show up for such an "honor". It's obvious he's not wanted there, and is not deserving of the honor bestowed upon him. Card has no honor, ethics, morals, or values.

...when their well-orchestrated propaganda would have the maximum effect.

useless......

UMass a good school, just a little lapse in judgment w/Andrew Card.

Like the frickin Huns

Yes, it had the reputation of a party school way back when, but it's academic reputation has gotten a whole lot better in recent decades.

my alma mater
:applause:

glad to see the students there still know how to put on a good protest!!

be made to share their day with a war criminal. This reminds me of george bush talking at U Miami's commencement. That would have ruined my graduation day.

If they say 10,000 the real number was probably closer to 20,000.

Was anyone else in DC for the Martin Luther King day protest before the Iraq war in 2003? The media estimated 30,000 for that one, but I was there and everyone who was there will tell you that the real number was in the hundreds of thousands. Whenever you hear of a protest coming from the left always count on the media undercounting the number of protestors.

Can somebody tell me the reason?

Maybe that's the reason? :shrug:

MA still has a lot of right wing nuts, hard to believe.

Glad to hear he was soundly protested!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Hundreds_boo_former_Bush_Chief_of_0526.html

Pretty impressive mass protest. Even the faculty participated.

A video, no less! :rofl: Too cool! ;)

Thanks!!

That's us.



Is that Doctor Card?
The UMass-Amherst Faculty Senate vote 31-0 to revoke the honorary degree to Card.
May 23, 2007
A coalition of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst last week protested a decision by the university to present an honorary degree to Andrew Card. Card was the White House Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2006, and headed the White House Iraq Study Group.
http://www.ctnow.com/custom/nmm/valleyadvocate/hce-vla-drcard_story,0,5451555.story?coll=hce-headlines-va-advocate

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in protest all over the arena. Lie # 5,345,897 by the 'Main Stream Media'.

The protests were mainly contained to an area in the back of the campus arena and many of the faculty on stage who joined the three- to four- minute outburst.