At Class Day, Blair reminisces, looks ahead with class of 2008
Despite hyped-up security and anti-war protesters, Sunday event goes off without a hitch
The protest proceeded as promised — silent, without disruption. The unmentioned "threats" against the featured speaker never materialized. The weather held.
And the jokes, most agreed, were even funny.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair bid the Yale class of 2008 adieu on Sunday at this year's Class Day, an afternoon of celebration and levity mixed with nostalgia and, for a change, spectacular weather. Neither the months of security worries about Blair's appearance nor the threat of a protest from a group of graduating seniors opposed to the war in Iraq cast any hint...
Heard Yale was getting a new mascot.
Will it be a poodle or a walrus?