Schwarzenegger protest watch: Santa Monica College, June 14


Apparently he's an alumnus. Who knew?

Schwarzenegger speech plans cause friction
(Washington Post) Long before making "The Terminator," Arnold Schwarzenegger was a young Austrian bodybuilder hitting the books at Santa Monica College in the early 1970s.

But the governor's planned return next week to deliver a commencement address at the two-year community college near the beach is turning into something less than a homecoming.

A faculty group declared that Schwarzenegger "threatened academic freedom," and protests are being organized around the June 14 event.


(This might make me a bad Democrat, but: I think that professors shouldn't protest at commencement, regardless of the cause — that day should be about graduating seniors, not the faculty's politics. So this announcement shouldn't be taken as an endorsement of the venue, just more evidence that Arnold can't go anywhere without inciting a demonstration.)

Posted: Wed - June 8, 2005 at 07:00 AM   | Category:     |   |   | |



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