(I’m talking about the guy on the left.) I’m not sure who should get the credit for inviting 1995 UO alumnus, Harvard Law graduate, and Portland mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith to give the 2012 UO commencement address, titled “You might be screwed”. But it seems they were prescient. As usual bojack gets to the nut of the matter.
Update: More on the adventures of the charming Jefferson Smith, while he was a UO student, come out in the Oregonian. Right before he hit the student in the face:
“How about getting together for tonight?” Smith, then 20 and a UO sophomore, asked the woman, according to the account. Smith persisted, the woman wrote, adding “I then began to insist that ‘getting together for the night was against my morals. His reply was ‘pound that 40 ounces of beer right there and it won’t be against your morals.'”
and then there’s this in the WW:
The victim asked that she not be identified, and WW agreed, because she still feels at risk from Smith, who showed up unannounced at her door last week.
What is it with Oregon’s politicians and UO students?
Why was this guy commencement speaker anyway? Seemed like a weird, political and undistinguished choice to me.
Because your school is run by a combination of crooks and idiots? Just a theory.
I’m not going to reject that hypothesis, but it’s still special when we find someone with both characteristics. Any thoughts on a choice for next year’s speaker?