As the quarter draws to a close and the last week of classes looms ahead, a commencement speaker has not been announced.
The autumn quarter commencement ceremony will be held on Dec. 13 at St. John Arena.
“It’s getting pretty late to be asking somebody,” said Stephanie Mettert, a graduating senior in information systems. “It’s assumed that this stuff gets taken care of.”
Ashly Farmer, a senior in sociology who will graduate this quarter, said she is not concerned about the tardiness of the announcement.
“To be honest, I haven’t really been paying attention,” Farmer said. “I figure they’ll just throw someone up there and run with it at the last minute.”
Other students share Mettert’s concerns.
“It’s disappointing,” said John Dazey, a graduating senior in information systems. “To me, this sounds like someone is not following through with their responsibility (to find a speaker). This is the first time I’ve heard about this.”
“This seems like we’re kind of getting cheated. They should pick somebody,” Mettert said.
University relations said they were unable to disclose any information about commencement because it had not been made available to them. Carol Ries, OSU’s director of university special events and commencement, did not return phone calls from The Lantern.
