Gothamist: Matthew Fox: Too Hot For Columbia's Class Day?

Diana

Fri, 11 May 2007 04:14:45 -0500

i think it happened at NYU in 06, we (well not me, i wasn't in that class) had the president of princeton or something?

Michael

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:21:15 -0500

Mine too! Did you graduate from Fordham in 2005, or has this happened multiple times?

Manic Mouse

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:18:54 -0500

Matthew Fox? If you think that's bad, my commencement speaker was the president of ANOTHER COLLEGE.

Karen

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:21:42 -0500

Gus, that was the most uninformed, insecure response on this page. I graduated from Columbia last year and was supremely annoyed by the protests over having someone as notable as John McCain speak at graduation. I do think it's a little odd to have a relatively unknown actor speak at Columbia's graduation, but I agree with the majority of respondents here - whatever. But to revive the pathetic argument that somehow a college degree and what one might call "perspective" are mutually exclusive is an ignorant punt. A fair portion of Columbia students have dealt with many "real life" problems. Assuming that because they are at a great school they have all led plush, spoiled lives only demonstrates your OWN ignorance. I'm sorry to tell you Gus that in the not-so-distant future, these unexperienced, arrogant Columbia kids will be the leaders in your office, your career field, and your community. I have nothing but respect for those in this country who, for various reasons, do not get to go to college - I come from a family of such people. But it is insecure, stick-up-your-ass people like you who give the rest of the degree-less population a very bad name.

AccidentalSouthernBelle

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:48:07 -0500

Class Day Speaker in 2000 was Brian Dennehy and his whole speech was about how he was really hung over and how being hung over is good. It was great. I think you should ONLY have drunk celebrities speak on Class Day. Screw academics and intellectualism, graduating seniors want to hear about what bar to go to.

CC 98'

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:15:18 -0500

CC 98' speaker for college day, I think, was Judge Joseph Greenaway. Embarrassed that I remember that.

bill

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:41:21 -0500

my commencement had bill clinton after he was president. So, I guess I remembered my commencement speaker.

Gus

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:35:11 -0500

Why am I not suprised!!! First I must throw out a disclaimer to those of you college graduates who had a clue when you graduated. These comments are not meant to offend any of you. That being said, I have never met a humble college graduate in my life. My company hired a recent college graduate for a receptionist position who at time was thankful for a paying job. However, shortly thereafter she spent more time walking around the office complaining that she was too good for this job because she was a "college graduate" yet for the life of her she could not figure out how to work the freaking phone system. There is a diffence between and education and "REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE" the latter being far, far more valuale in what shall we call "LIFE" or the "REAL WORLD". Leave it to a buch of stuck up, arrogant columia students who actually have an attitude about getting a celebrity guest speaker. Clearly, real problems have not plaugued those students and unfortunately for the rest of us they are being turned loose in to society. Never fear, they will all have their bubble burst at some point and long for the days they only had to worry about Matthew Fox speaking on class day.

Kel

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:03:58 -0500

Did Anna Paquin even get her degree? I thought she dropped out citing 'nothing matches acting'. So how's she a better choice than Fox?

Jenn B

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:31:48 -0500

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read! Why is Maggie Gyllenhal qualified...or Anna Pacquin but not Matthew Fox? Just because he's a television actor and not primarily in film doesn't mean his work is any less worthy. Maybe these morons have a problem because you play the same character on television for awhile...but I've seen tons of TREMEMDOUS acting on televsion. He didn't LUCK into anything. He is a talented actor who had crafted great characters on two popular television shows. He's not a himbo for christ's sake! He's a good actor and he deserves to be recognized as such.

Michele

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:26:31 -0500

Tell me- do you cover every graduation in the city, or just the ones at your alma mater?

nick

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:12:04 -0500

is there anything columbia students won't protest?

nick

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:08:38 -0500

is there anything columbia students won't protest?

Columbia '08

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:47:45 -0500

This is the reason I want to strangle so many people in class. GET OVER YOURSELVES!!! People at this school take themselves too damn seriously. I think it's great to have Matthew Fox speak. Must we talk about the fucking war and the fucking elections every single fucking minute of our meaningless, immature, undergraduate lives??? And who the freaking hell are you to say he's dumb?? Being on TV doesn't make someone dumb. He got into Columbia and graduated. You're acting as if he had gotten a degree from an online diploma mill... Is that really how you feel about Alma Mater?

Brightliner

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:55:11 -0500

I have to admit that Jason's right. Of all my graduations, I remember virtually nothing of the ceremonies. All I remember is that every one of them went on way too long. If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't even go to commencement.

Kojak

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:29:02 -0500

GAY. Liberace Gay.

Dude

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:02:48 -0500

How do you go from McCain to Fox, and not even Michael J. Fox? Maybe we should be expecting Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan to speak next year, if K-Fed is not busy promoting his second album.

AmazingJason

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:35:02 -0500

Honestly, wtf cares who speaks at a college graduation? Having Matthew Fox is not going to hurt anyone, and it's not like these speeches will have any dramatic effect on anyone anyway. In the scheme of things, it's such a trivial thing to whine about. Just get it over with, graduate and have some fun, jesus. Honestly, these people should be more concerned about their future or their career, or perhaps how they'll contribute to society or make a difference...

AmazingJason

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:34:39 -0500

culinary questioner

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:24:40 -0500

I've always wondered what exactly is a "beef cake." Is it like chicken pot pie? A cake made of beef sounds gross to me.