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Sleep Interruption
By Michael | February 7, 2010
Sleep is a beautiful thing and I love to take my extra share of it. So, it was a terrible upset when someone had the nerve to call and wake me from my beautiful slumber on Friday evening. I am happy that I did take the call however. It was friend telling me that I was being offered a ticket to see Dr. Cornell West at University at Buffalo. I was so excited, because I was on the wait list and it was already late. I had counted out being offered a ticket a long time ago. So when given this opportunity I jumped up to my feet and ran to my room to put on literally my running shoes. I had been told that I needed to get to the Office of Multicultural Programs in 2 minutes. So I ran …and ran I did. (Sidebar any body that has seen Dr. Cornel West speaks understands this sprint). I am told that my actual arrival time was some where around 4-5 minutes. For those who do not know, Dr. West is one of the foremost intellectual thinkers of our present time. His words have been carried all around the world. He is personal friends with many intellectual men of the world, including everyone from President Obama to rapper Lil Wayne. Dr. West was speaking for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. annual program. His lecture was a total freestyle lecture, with no notes. The lecture focused on Dr. King’s Vision while encompassing the ideas of Socratic and Prophetic education.
The speech was much too in-depth to explain in a blog, but I will be more than happy to go explain it to anyone. This was my second time having the honor to see him speak in person; I saw him speak at Buffalo State College in 2008.It was just a very good opportunity to have the chance to sit in his presence again.
All in all this was one of the best experiences I have had in this semester so far.
Michael
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