This year's commencement speaker, Bill Cosby

[Sir Lawrence]

Bill Cosby will be the Commencement speaker at this year's spring ceremony, which will be held Sunday, May 19, at 9:30 a.m. in the BMO Harris Bradley Center. As part of the ceremony, Cosby will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree.

[warriorchick]

Yeah, but which Bill Cosby is going to show up?

The Happy Jello Pudding Bill Cosby, or the Angry Old Man Bill Cosby?

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Yeah, but which Bill Cosby is going to show up?

The Happy Jello Pudding Bill Cosby, or the Angry Old Man Reasonable PHD. Bill Cosby?

FIFY

[Sir Lawrence]

Yeah, but which Bill Cosby is going to show up?

The Happy Jello Pudding Bill Cosby, or the Angry Old Man Bill Cosby?

My money is on grumpiness.

Either way, it cannot, however, be remotely worse than mine:  some bishop from the Philiiipines. Zzzzzzzzzzz.  

[real chili 83]

He's no Captain Kangaroo.

[reinko]

Mr. Rogers was a boss of a grad speaker.

[warriorchick]

My money is on grumpiness.

Either way, it cannot, however, be remotely worse than mine:  some bishop from the Philiiipines. Zzzzzzzzzzz.  

I got Hannah Gray president of the University of Chicago.  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz

[jesmu84]

SI sportswriter Steve Rushin. It was awesome.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Cosby did my brothers graduation at Bradley a few years back. Was funny and on point.

Dudes got more honorary degrees than Clinton bush and Obama combined.

[🏀]

Cosby sucks.

[mr.MUskie]

Cosby did my brothers graduation at Bradley a few years back. Was funny and on point.

Dudes got more honorary degrees than Clinton bush and Obama combined.

Please watch your capitalization.  I kind of misread that at first.  TY. 

[77ncaachamps]

My money is on grumpiness.

Either way, it cannot, however, be remotely worse than mine:  some bishop from the Philiiipines. Zzzzzzzzzzz.  

Cardinal Jaime Sin?

He's famous.

Over there.

I had the Sears CEO. MU Grad was he.
THAT was zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[mr.MUskie]

I had the Sears CEO. MU Grad was he.
THAT was zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Edward Brennan.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Barbara Bush

[keefe]

Cardinal Jaime Sin?

He's famous.

Over there.

I had the Sears CEO. MU Grad was he.
THAT was zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

The late Cardinal Sin was a phenomenal person. His disgust with Marcos rapaciousness and concern for the abysmal poverty of his flock is what brought an end to their reign. Without him there would not have been the Yellow Revolution that brought Aquino to power. Sin would have been a great choice.

Unfortunately it was an unknown bishop who was more unintelligible than he was undistinguished. He had some connection with Buck Raynor's sister, I heard. Fame or renown is the least important criterion for a commencement speaker but this guy had no insight, inspiration, or revelation.

Someone here listed Buck Raynor as one of the great's in MU history but I could not disagree more. The capital plan languished, the area deteriorated, he said no to joining the Big East stand-up, etc...

My commencements at Michigan and Harvard had Lee Iacocca and Helmut Kohl. Both were extremely interesting. They offered rare glimpses into what they had to deal with and how they tackled these issues and articulated why they were successful. They offered their views on what they saw in the future and how we, as freshly minted grads, fit into that weltanschauung. Hell, the speaker for my class at Georgetown Prep was Ronald Reagan.

[keefe]

Yeah, but which Bill Cosby is going to show up?

The Happy Jello Pudding Bill Cosby, or the Angry Old Man Bill Cosby?

When my wife was around running things we had season tickets to the Seattle Symphony. One year we missed the first half of the season due to a deployment so we crammed all of our tickets into the last three months when there is less symphony and more pastiche. One evening was Cosby at Benaroya Hall. Cosby was funny, insightful, and pointed in his social commentary. Unlike most, who make apologies for stupidity, Cosby demanded accountability and an acceptance of responsibility. But the beauty of Cosby, at least on this evening, was that his anger was cleverly wrapped in wry nudges and scintillating bon mots that delivered the message without deflating the spirit. He is an American Classic. I think he is an exquisite selection as Commencement Speaker. Marquette should be proud.

[keefe]

Cosby sucks.

Your lack of eloquence is exceeded only by your fatuousness. Cosby is brilliant in ways you will never fathom, understand, or appreciate. Pearls before swine was never more true.

[Sir Lawrence]

Cardinal Jaime Sin?

He's famous.

Nope. It was:

His Excellency
MOST REV. FRANCISCO F. CLAVER, SJ,

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Better than the Class of 1991 speaker for as I cannot tell you who he was.

[StillAWarrior]

Better than the Class of 1991 speaker for as I cannot tell you who he was.

Some sociologist.  Awful.  Actually, he was so boring that the students were talking among themselves to an embarrassing degree.  It was either that or stabbing our ears with sharp objects.  Honestly, never before or since have I seen a crowd so completely ignore a speaker.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Some sociologist.  Awful.  Actually, he was so boring that the students were talking among themselves to an embarrassing degree.  It was either that or stabbing our ears with sharp objects.  Honestly, never before or since have I seen a crowd so completely ignore a speaker.

James Coleman. 

http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/commencement/start

[LloydMooresLegs]

in '86, we had a Theology professor from Loyola. Horrible.  My sister two years later had Chief Justice Renquist, who has Milwaukee (Racine?) ties.  All I remember from that was the sense that he regretted the life he had lived in that he had failed to allocate the finite resource of time better--not enough with his family etc.  Dude, you're the lifetime tenured C.J. of the freakin' Supreme Court.  Really?

[GGGG]

Rehnquist grew up in Shorewood.

[Ari Gold]

Dick Enberg, unmemorable

[Golden Avalanche]

Yeah, but which Bill Cosby is going to show up?

The Happy Jello Pudding Bill Cosby, or the Angry Old Man Bill Cosby?

They'd be lucky if it was the "I Spy" Cosby.