Jim McDonald, rector del Saint George en el 2003 (mi graduacion) hizo un asado poco tiempo despues de nuestra graduacion, solo para celebrar a nuestro grupo de amigos. Durante este asado/celebracion/despedida el nos dijo que creia que nuestro grupo de amigos estaba destinado a hacer algo grande…
Hoy, Miguel Crispi es presidente del centro de alumnos de la UC, Federico Huneeus es presidente del centro de alumnos de la Chile. Juanfra Sotomayor acaba de ganar un concurso en Francia que promete fortalecer lazos comerciales entre Francia y Chile. Estoy orgulloso de mis amigos.
Dentro de los proximos años en Chile, estoy seguro, se hablara de la generacion 2003 del Colegio Saint George cmo una de las mejores en haber egresado de ese colegio, y sera en especifica referencia a estas 3 personas, y ojala al resto de nuestros amigos que hoy se ven mas motivados que nunca a hacer cosas excepcionales.
This is the new Mercedes Benz F-Cell Roadster concept. Designed by intern students in germany. Their task was to make the car Karl Bez would have built in 1886 had today’s technology been available.
Ok, so I said this was gonna be a fun blog, and here is the first post of this sort… This is my friend kiko killing a pisco and coke, check out everyone else’s faces!
Aqui el negro matando una piscola en panguipulli, mirenle las caras a todo el mundo!
In the name of multiple of my friends and acquaintaces who have expressed to me and others, directly or indirectly, via facebook, observer letters to the editor, and casual conversation, I decided to post a request on the Notre Dame Alumni Network Discussion thread on linkedIn.com.
This was a petition asking the members of this particular network to refrain from venting and ranting about thoughts on economic, morals or politics President Obama might have that don’t align with those of the Catholic Church, on a public manner that would encourage others to lobby for the protesting of Obama’s invitation, as such demonstrations would disrupt our commencement ceremonies.
I do not, by any means, show my political preference, nor do I defend any particular individual or institution. I simply ask of those in the group to help me with my cause, which is to give our graduating class the oportunity to share a quiet and peaceful ceremony, much like those before us have enjoyed (with few exceptions)
In asking for this simple favor that does not ask or expect people to change their personal opinions,I found people who are unwilling to show compassion for our cause (100% apolitical) claiming a duty to defend their moral fiber. Advocating for the rights of the unborn and framing themselves as self-righteous Christians who want nothing but oh-so-hateful Obama to be uninvited from this commencement ceremony. Like Tim McGuire, a 1985 graduate who found himself being a great Christian and clearly showing me his respect for others, his tolerance of what he cannot change, and his obvious desire to “do upon others as [he] wish[es] they do upon [him].”
If you are interested in knowing what what he wrote as a response to my petition, read the quote I posted below….
Gonzalo,
I gave 20 years of my life to protect and defend the Constitution. This man’s record is decided Pro-Abortion Rights…not Pro-Choice. We are Catholics. Notre Dame apparently pretends to be a Catholic University. You cannot reconcile this. Carter and Clinton were both Pro-Choice…that is different than being Pro-Abortion Rights…significantly different. I hope that the Catholics who can, march on the University. I hope they disrupt your Ceremony.
When Jose Napoleon Duarte spoke at our commencement, we had to pass through metal detectors (unusual at the time). Protesters had to be pulled from the bleachers. Hey, it made the experience memorable.
I hope the faithful march on South Bend. I hope they exercise their Rights. And, ultimately, I hope that Fr. Jenkins is gone by this Summer.
Good luck, that Notre Dame diploma means a lot in this World. Much of that has to do with the University’s standing as one of the greatest Catholic Universities on this Planet.
Semper fi, always faithful.
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=802&discussionID=2198681&goback=.anh_802This is just to show you how big the discussion about Obama’s visit to our graduation at Notre Dame has gotten.
The link is from Foxnews.com, where this was the FRONT PAGE just a couple hours ago!!! check it out.
Dear Kevin Keane,
As a Notre Dame class of ’09 soon-to-be-graduate I am ashamed today of this title. I am ashamed of being about to graduate from a school that at some point admitted you as a student. As you make clear in your March 23rd letter titled Obama choice unacceptable, you plan on attending graduation ceremonies along “with several thousand others to show [your] distaste for this decision.” I would like to ask you: How come you’re ashamed of graduating from Notre Dame today, and not on your very own graduation day? After all, Mr. Andrew Young, the commencement speaker in 1988, is pro-choice.
Please understand that, like Mark Weber makes clear in his March 23rd letter to the editor titled A pro-life perspective of the pro-life protest against Obama, “Obama is not coming to Notre Dame to speak about abortion, nor is his speech supposed to play a pivotal part in the formation of our Catholic identity.” I personally don’t think University officials would give him room to do so either. After all, allowing someone to speak on one issue does not imply an endorsement of all of their other views.
But as much as I would like to criticize the content of your objection- the morality of abortion (please inform yourself about the difference between pro-abortion and pro-choice before you write another article calling President Obama’s agenda a “radical pro-abortion” one), or the respect due to the Office of the President of the United States- I will try a different perspective, that of one who will suffer greatly if you are to “bring with [you] the graphic photos of what abortion does to its victims” to “[line] Notre Dame Ave.” in order to embarrass the University’s administration.
I am sure I’m not the only one in the class of 2009 who has worked hard in preparation for this day. My classmates and I have studied, practiced and trained countless hours and spent many sleepless nights working towards one common goal- graduating from the University of Notre Dame. We made these sacrifices because, in part, we knew that come our graduation day, regardless of who gave the commencement address, we would find ourselves at the proudest moment of our lives. So please don’t ruin it. Please find another way to express your political and moral views. By all means fight for what you believe, but don’t use a day that is meant to celebrate the accomplishments of the class of 2009 as your own personal stage. Show us the same respect you show the unborn.
If others want to keep writing letters or debating this topic, that is fine with me. We’ll all probably look back on it as just one of the many silly Notre Dame debates that took place via Viewpoint: Meat in the DH on Fridays in Lent and Whether Coach Weis should be fired, or Changing the fight song to be female inclusive. Letters were written yet nothing happened. But if this debate extends beyond the Viewpoint section and is manifested in unconscionable ways on May 17th, it will be no longer a laughing matter. It will be the one dark spot on an otherwise amazing four years.
