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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very different culturally. Georgetown is Jesuit and much more progressive/social justice oriented. ND is a big football school; Georgetown isn’t. As others have mentioned, the locations also couldn’t be more different. [/quote]

You obviously know very little about ND's commitment to social justice.

https://kroc.nd.edu/[/quote]
+1 ND is as social-justice oriented as they come.[/quote]

Putting aside for a moment the role of social justice in the Jesuit tradition, which is unique, I’ll simply say that a school that invites Mike Pence to be commencement speaker cannot claim a deep and abiding commitment to social justice. Yes, Georgetown hosts speakers of all types, from all political backgrounds. But commencement speakers are a statement about who you are and what you value as an institution.[/quote]

[b]They did that to avoid having to invite Trump, who by the way is the first sitting president who they haven't invited the year after their inauguration.[/b]  You really know nothing about the school.

signed, Jesuit undergrad degree, Notre Dame Law degree  [/quote]

[b]Context is everything. Did not know this, but it makes sense. Thanks.[/b][/quote]

Wow.  A gracious DCUM poster.  You're welcome.  Here's your context:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/03/notre-dame-known-commencement-speeches-new-presidents-invites-pence[/quote]

Haha, that was me and I'll admit to having a WTF reaction when I heard that Pence would give the commencement address that year. I thought that it was tone deaf at the time, but I clearly was ignorant of the dynamics. [/quote]

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