Comments on: St. Mary’s College is Paying Bill Ayers to Speak in the Bay Area http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2009/01/27/st-marys-college-is-paying-bill-ayers-to-speak-in-the-bay-area/ ...on California's most significant political news... Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:10:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: justincompany@aol.com http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2009/01/27/st-marys-college-is-paying-bill-ayers-to-speak-in-the-bay-area/#comment-6470 justincompany@aol.com Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.flashreport.org/blog?p=7704#comment-6470 Rugby's a big draw at St. Mary's! Rugby’s a big draw at St. Mary’s!

]]> By: jillbuck@comcast.net http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2009/01/27/st-marys-college-is-paying-bill-ayers-to-speak-in-the-bay-area/#comment-6471 jillbuck@comcast.net Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.flashreport.org/blog?p=7704#comment-6471 Hey, Joey, if you're gonna read the FR, why don't you write for it again? You still have a loyal fan base who miss your smart mouth. (: Hey, Joey, if you’re gonna read the FR, why don’t you write for it again? You still have a loyal fan base who miss your smart mouth. (:

]]> By: jillbuck@comcast.net http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2009/01/27/st-marys-college-is-paying-bill-ayers-to-speak-in-the-bay-area/#comment-6473 jillbuck@comcast.net Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.flashreport.org/blog?p=7704#comment-6473 Hard to understand how this speaker series passes the "intellectual stimulation" test. When I was a junior at the University of Illinois, we had Dr. Timothy Leary debating G. Gordon Liddy. Now THAT was awesome! And what was cool about it was that instead of one person giving an unchallenged discourse on their thought process, it was a true exchange of ideas and philosophies. That's what college students need. Hard to understand how this speaker series passes the “intellectual stimulation” test. When I was a junior at the University of Illinois, we had Dr. Timothy Leary debating G. Gordon Liddy. Now THAT was awesome! And what was cool about it was that instead of one person giving an unchallenged discourse on their thought process, it was a true exchange of ideas and philosophies. That’s what college students need.

]]> By: mj.duran@yahoo.com http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2009/01/27/st-marys-college-is-paying-bill-ayers-to-speak-in-the-bay-area/#comment-6474 mj.duran@yahoo.com Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.flashreport.org/blog?p=7704#comment-6474 Agreed. As an SMC alum, I encourage the College to continue the tradition of training students in critical thinking. The skill will last them a lifetime. The problem is this series doesn’t meet any threshold for encouraging or inspiring critical thinking. It is the same pabulum they are being fed by MSM, MTV, and MoveOn.org Leary vs. Giddy on the other hand… Wish I had seen THAT! A very sad day for SMC alumni. Agreed. As an SMC alum, I encourage the College to continue the tradition of training students in critical thinking. The skill will last them a lifetime.

The problem is this series doesn’t meet any threshold for encouraging or inspiring critical thinking. It is the same pabulum they are being fed by MSM, MTV, and MoveOn.org Leary vs. Giddy on the other hand… Wish I had seen THAT!

A very sad day for SMC alumni.

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