http://bitchmagazine.org/tag/demonstrations The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://bitchmagazine.org/post/iowa-nice <p>Although I'll never understand how enough force could gather behind the idea of inviting <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/03/10/rove-heckled-in-iowa-over-iraq-war/" target="_blank">Karl Rove – recently named &quot;The Worst Person Ever&quot;</a> – to the University of Iowa's college graduation, I'm glad to see not everyone was pleased about it. </p><br /><p> <object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/otQyfSYAnTI&amp;hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/otQyfSYAnTI&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object></p><p><!--break-->Some were upset at the protesters, and while I concur that it was disruptive, as one post articulated, <a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&amp;U=c93e5f51e57d4a1696a5e44246b6eb53&amp;plckController=PersonaBlog&amp;plckScript=personaScript&amp;plckElementId=personaDest&amp;plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3ac93e5f51e57d4a1696a5e44246b6eb53Post%3abd8fae27-92e3-426b-a23c-d5df55e2f80a&amp;sid=sitelife.desmoinesregister.com">If you pay a clown 40 grand, you should expect to see a circus</a>. </p><p>Also, maybe I'm the only one, but I had NO IDEA that colleges pay this much for speakers. Forty-thousand dollars? I'm pretty sure the most we've ever gotten for a college speaking gig is, oh maybe $300. Can someone pull some strings, please? </p> http://bitchmagazine.org/post/iowa-nice#comments academia anti-war Bitch on Wheels college demonstrations Karl Rove protests Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:17:35 -0400 Debbie Rasmussen 302 at http://bitchmagazine.org