2/29/2008

Captain of the Enterprise to boldly hand out degrees



When we were in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post was delivered to the hotel room every morning. On Tuesday, January 8, the City section featured the following headline:

Captain of the Enterprise to boldly hand out degrees

Hilarious and enticing, surely this is newspaper writing at its peak. I adore all things Star Trek and chief among them, all things Picard. As it turns out, the article was a brief but entertaining society-page blurb about Patrick Stewart's visit to Hong Kong, where he would hand out degrees in a local graduation ceremony.

I brought the paper back home, where I clipped it, ironed it, and framed it. Now as I work on my thesis I can feel inspired by the fantasy of Captain Picard showing up at the ceremony and calling me "Doctor." Aaaahhhhhhhh....



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