Carter Comes to Berkeley by Lee Kaplan
"At UC Berkeley on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, Jimmy Carter spoke about Middle East “peace.” Chancellor Robert Birgeneau began Carter’s introduction by saying “Although most of our undergraduate students were not even born when Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the US from 1977-1981, his impact on the world and long life of public service continues to draw students.” That was indeed the problem. Most of the 1,200 students -- who attended this event and nearly made a full house at Zellerbach Auditorium on the Cal campus -- were clearly too young to know Carter’s past history and, consequently, lacked a frame of reference with which to filter information and make up their own minds about Carter and his message. "
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