Arizona State to Start Barack Obama Scholarship Program

By GottaLaff

After all that fuss about not giving President Obama an honorary degree, Arizona State is acting all apologetic and trying to compensate and stuff:

Arizona State University announced on Saturday that it would expand a scholarship program in the president's name.

In a press release sent out by ASU spokeswoman Sharon Keeler, the university "apologized" for the "confusion" over the past few days. Its president Michael Crow, meanwhile, framed the "President Barack Obama Scholars" program as a higher honor than the honorary degree, one that would "affect the lives of thousands of students" and be "an honor befitting, not only the president's exceptional achievements, but also his values as an individual." [...]

ASU undoubtedly faced an intense amount of media and political scrutiny for its decision to not offer Obama an honorary degree. [...]

The expansion of the scholarship program is an effort to temper these emotions. But for the cynics, the fact that the announcement came only after a day of vocal complaints - and didn't include giving the degree from the president - is not likely to go unnoticed.

You can read the release in its entirety here.

And now, back to our program.

Awww, darnitall! Contestant Number 44 didn't buzz in on time to get an honorary degree. Ohhh, sorry. Who knows, maybe if he'd just had a few more accomplishments under his belt, he'd have won this round! Please accept these parting gifts, and thank you for playing, "CYA"! See you next time!

Good-night, everyone!

H/t: BuzzFlash