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Rutgers University spent nearly $1.5M for Barack Obama's 2016 commencement address
2017-02-26
  • Then-President Obama gave keynote commencement speech at Rutgers in 2016
  • Event witnessed by 52,000 people at school's Piscataway, New Jersey campus
  • University says portions of the money used to pay for traffic police and security
  • Obama's appearance cost $523,000 more than that of 2015 speaker, Bill Nye
    Did it include greens fees?
    • Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

    #11  To quote somebody else - How much is enough?

    One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee.
    Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-02-26 22:20  

    #10  1.5 million was a total waste, when there is a lot of students that could get aid to go to college. Nobody is worth that money. Nobody.
    Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-02-26 21:46  

    #9  When did it become the fashion for former presidents to charge for commencement speeches?

    Given it was 2016, he was then the current president. One hopes the money went for security and meals, not a fee.
    Posted by: trailing wife   2017-02-26 21:07  

    #8  Or you could say that an empty limousine arrived at Rutgers University and Barack Obama got out...
    Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-02-26 14:07  

    #7  Bill Nye talks in his sleep...get him a bed and turn on the mike...
    Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-02-26 13:34  

    #6  I'd pay to shut him up.
    Posted by: Raj   2017-02-26 12:36  

    #5  Someone paid Bill Nye to speak? Why?
    Posted by: Frank G   2017-02-26 12:28  

    #4  Boy, yeah! This is the kinda news you wanna hear if you're paying tuition for a son or daughter to go to Rutgers. /sarc
    Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-02-26 11:12  

    #3  When did it become the fashion for former presidents to charge for commencement speeches?

    Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) could not read Latin and refused an honorary degree from Oxford University, saying a person shouldn’t accept a degree he couldn’t read.
    Posted by: JohnQC   2017-02-26 09:20  

    #2  Bye was only half a million less? Buried lede city.
    Posted by: Shipman    2017-02-26 09:09  

    #1  Yeah, we finally got the change he promised!
    Posted by: Skidmark   2017-02-26 00:54  

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