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O’Connor receives degree

Contributing Reporter
Published Friday, October 17, 2008

When Emma Watson of “Harry Potter” fame showed up on campus last week, avid fans tried to anticipate her every move. But when former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor arrived at the Divinity School on Wednesday, her presence was a closely-guarded secret, even within the small Divinity School community.

Unknown to the wider Yale public, O’Connor, along with three other honorees, visited New Haven this week to receive an honorary doctorate from the Berkeley Divinity School at the school’s convocation. O’Connor also gave a private talk to the BDS board and members of the...

#1 By Divine Guests on Holy Hill 5:07a.m. on October 17, 2008

There have been some well kept secret guests at Yale Divinity School.

I recall in 1977 a student group invited Quentin Crisp, whose one man show on being London a drag queen was in debut at the Long Wharf Theatre, to address a group of 50 at the Divinity School auditorium (now its Common Room) on the psychology of cross gender.

#2 By LOL 9:06a.m. on October 17, 2008

Ahhh the stunning irrelevancy of the Episcopal Church in America.

A funny little club they are indeed.

#3 By Jinx M. 6:30p.m. on October 17, 2008

#2, way to be an ass for no clear reason.

#4 By Jinx M. 9:34p.m. on October 17, 2008

ok miss o,connor comes to your school
and kept secret that ok. but miss e watson come she dad not get same
treatment o,connor is older but not
better?????

#5 By Jinx M. 9:17a.m. on October 18, 2008

@#3,

Why give a pass to episcopalians?

They ARE irrelevant!

That's what happens when you abandon the larger Anglican tradition in favor of a laundry list of liberal special interests.

I just call it like I see it.

#6 By Jinx M. 6:59a.m. on October 19, 2008

O'Connor is the justice that stole the election in 2000 and put Bush in the White House. BDS should be ashamed of itself. As for the Episcopalians, there are very few of them but they seem to weld great power. Odd. Go to the Church of the Advent in Boston some time to see what absurd theatre it is.

#7 By George P. 9:58p.m. on October 19, 2008

No, let's agree that the deciding vote was cast by the worst and least qualified justice in history, Clarence Thomas

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