As no doubt many of you were, I was pretty disgusted by the announcement that Nancy Pelosi will be this year’s convocation speaker.  (Thank God I’m graduating 2011!)  But after a little googling, this is par for the course for Cornell.  Here’s the list of convocation speakers since the 2000 ceremony: 2010 Nancy Pelosi 2009 … Continue reading Pelosi choice should come as no surprise