on James Franco Flakes On Alma Mater at 21:13 06/04/2009

Some Seniors at UCLA objected to James Franco as their commencement speaker because they were in classes with him during their Junior and his Senior years. Like any other class mate, he is their academic peer. That is why they felt he was an inappropriate choice. However, their protests started months ago when he was selected as speaker, and had died down as the quarter wore on because the ceremony was coming up. For him to pull out a week and a half before the graduation ceremony based on the opinions of a group of students out of THOUSANDS is pretty outrageous. Bill Clinton was invited last year at Franco's graduation, and had to pull out for his own reasons, which had nothing to do with internal UCLA groups objecting to a Democratic politician as speaker. Whomever they pick any year is going to elicit some flack. But you don't pull out as lead speaker for a HUGE commencement ceremony at the last minute because of pre-preparation for a film shoot.

on James Franco Flakes On Alma Mater at 21:13 06/04/2009

Some Seniors at UCLA objected to James Franco as their commencement speaker because they were in classes with him during their Junior and his Senior years. Like any other class mate, he is their academic peer. That is why they felt he was an inappropriate choice. However, their protests started months ago when he was selected as speaker, and had died down as the quarter wore on because the ceremony was coming up. For him to pull out a week and a half before the graduation ceremony based on the opinions of a group of students out of THOUSANDS is pretty outrageous. Bill Clinton was invited last year at Franco's graduation, and had to pull out for his own reasons, which had nothing to do with internal UCLA groups objecting to a Democratic politician as speaker. Whomever they pick any year is going to elicit some flack. But you don't pull out as lead speaker for a HUGE commencement ceremony at the last minute because of