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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves before speaking at the Service Nation Summit at Columbia University in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.
Tuesday, Mar. 06, 2012

Open quoteI think it reflected really badly on us as a whole, making everybody seem so angry and bitter and entitled. Close quote

  • AMANDA PICKERING,
  • a senior at Columbia College, on President Obama's decision to give a commencement speech at Barnard, and not Columbia, his alma mater across the street; the news unleashed nasty online exchanges among Columbia students
Photo: Chris Carlson / AP | Source: NY Times