Sunday, 20th May 2012

Commencement Speaker Controversy: Dean Eggers Speaks

| By Robert Bachmann | A political firestorm—or the closest SIPA equivalent—broke out last month when students received an email from Senior Associate Dean Troy Eggers announcing this year’s commencement speaker: Under Secretary of State, Tara D. Sonenshine. Students met the last-minute announcement with a collective, “Who?”  Sonenshine, an Emmy-winning ABC News producer and former [...]

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