{"id":2240465,"date":"2024-05-08T19:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-state-graduates-suffer-through-the-worst-commencement-address-in-the-history-of-commencement-addresses\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T19:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:40:02","slug":"ohio-state-graduates-suffer-through-the-worst-commencement-address-in-the-history-of-commencement-addresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-state-graduates-suffer-through-the-worst-commencement-address-in-the-history-of-commencement-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State graduates endure &#8216;The Most Disappointing Commencement Speech Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohio-state-graduates-suffer-through-the-worst-commencement-address-in-the-history-of-commencement-addresses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Ohio State University&#8217;s recent commencement \u2062featured\u200c a bizarre \u200bspeech by Chris Pan, who, under the influence of drugs and\u2064 AI, delivered a controversial address promoting Bitcoin and spiritual growth. Despite some valid\u2064 points, Pan&#8217;s unconventional approach drew criticism, leading to claims of it\u200c being the worst commencement speech ever, according to commentary by \u2062Kevin McMahon. Ohio State University&#8217;s recent commencement included a peculiar speech by Chris Pan, delivered under the \u2063influence of\u200b drugs and \u2063AI. Pan&#8217;s unconventional \u2062address promoting Bitcoin\u200d and spiritual growth received criticism, with \u2064some calling it the worst commencement\u2063 speech ever, as noted in commentary by Kevin McMahon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Ohio State Graduates Suffer Through &#8216;The Worst Commencement Address in the History of Commencement Addresses&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/%20\"><span>Mike Landry<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 8, 2024 at 2:00pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Having been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-1\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 1)\">university professor<\/a>, I\u2019ve been to a lot of commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>With our campus in a poor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-africa-floods-loss-of-life-toll-rises-to-443-with-dozens-still-missing\/\" title=\"South Africa Floods Loss of life Toll Rises to 443 With Dozens Still Missing\">semi-rural area<\/a>, it was especially moving to see students who were not only the first in their family to get a college degree, but the first to have even graduated from high school.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it was boring, but it never got old. It was routine for me, but for some graduates and their families, it was an event of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Which makes what happened with the speaker at The Ohio State University\u2019s recent spring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-give-commencement-address-college-faculty-backlash-already-causing-problems-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commencement<\/a> especially grievous.<\/p>\n<p>You see, Chris Pan thought it was all about only him. Perhaps he hoped to promote himself as a professional speaker or guru.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, Pan wrote his speech while high on the psychedelic drug ayahuasca, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/05\/07\/osu-commencement-speaker-took-psychedelic-to-write-speech-he-says\/73598145007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Columbus Dispatch<\/a>. He reportedly said he also sought help from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chatgpt-displays-significant-systematic-liberal-bias-danger-influencing-election-results-say-researchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a> and other artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>It showed.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-bill-maher-televisions-last-true-liberal\/\" title=\"Is Bill Maher Television\u2019s Last True Liberal?\">commencement address<\/a>, Pan \u2014 an OSU graduate and Harvard MBA who worked for PepsiCo and Facebook before launching a jewelry business \u2014 noted the usual things about hard work, late-night studying, achievement and such.<\/p>\n<p>He led students in applauding the support of their families in their accomplishments.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Ohio State have selected a different commencement speaker?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard all this before \u2014 many times. It\u2019s standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/students-alumni-university-want-pences-commencement-invite-pulled-un-christian-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commencement<\/a> fare, but meaningful for those graduating and their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>But then the crowd at Ohio State \u2014 and the rest of us via X \u2014 heard things that were novel.<\/p>\n<p>No, not novel. Bizarre. And completely inappropriate.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The worst commencement address in the history of commencement addresses.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Pan, 05\/05\/24 | The Ohio State University <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UlX16R4yuZ\">pic.twitter.com\/UlX16R4yuZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McMahon (@Kevin__McMahon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin__McMahon\/status\/1787860759403274648?\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pan called on the crowd to stand and join with him in a song, complete with prepared lyrics projected on a screen.<\/p>\n<p>And hand motions. Lots of hand motions. And breathing exercises \u2014 got to have breathing exercises at graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Having, he said, properly gotten everyone in the right state of mind, Pan then gave the old parable about blind men perceiving different aspects of an elephant (trunk as a snake, side as a wall, tail as rope).<\/p>\n<p>No problem with that to make a point.<\/p>\n<p>Then Pan said (and imagine the uproar if he did this in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-revival-explodes-spreads-like-wildfire-college-campuses-around-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian context<\/a>) \u201cMy goal today is to share new perspectives that will lead you to financial, emotional and spiritual freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then talked about money and government policies. In promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zg-traders-become-bullish-on-bitcoin-after-recent-sell-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin<\/a>, he called on university President Walter Carter to be his assistant, and did a magic trick, changing quarters into Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Ba-da-BOOM.<\/p>\n<p>Pan explained his self-therapy on emotional health through singing, and talked of spiritual aspects of making one\u2019s soul grow.<\/p>\n<p>As music began to play, he led the crowd in a meditation session\/TED talk about a person they might admire and how one can change one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>He then told the crowd he would make a free bracelet from his company available to each of them \u201cas an apology for listening to me talk about Bitcoin,\u201d) the Dispatch reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pan finally moved to what might be considered a traditional commencement speech, with admonitions on learning forgiveness, compassion, resilience and tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>He hearkened back to the elephant parable to talk about how tolerance allows people to hold multiple perspectives, especially in gatherings among those of different cultures, and how inner peace results in world peace.<\/p>\n<p>Usual commencement topics.<\/p>\n<p>But then, back to the music (Pan drank from a coffee cup with the price tag still on it), more on breathing, and an encouragement to learn from others with different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Pan provided some appropriate statements about perspective and harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Pan\u2019s talents and creativity, there are some ways of presenting material that don\u2019t fit at something like commencement. Especially if they come from being high and from using artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier versions of his speech posted online talked of the current conflict in the Middle East and called for him to remove his shirt. Thankfully, he did neither.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps Pan\u2019s motive for his little production was contained in his statement that he would be willing to be your teaching assistant for life.<\/p>\n<p>Followed, of course, by a slide of his contact information and website.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning, it seems like Pan\u2019s little show was really about him.<\/p>\n<p>And of it, Kevin McMahon of Townhall posted on X: \u201cThe worst commencement address in the history of commencement addresses.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45512\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45512\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45512\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45512\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45512\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mike Landry, PhD, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-involving-over-3700-trans-children-shares-horrifying-truth-about-gender-affirming-care\/\" title=\"Study Involving Over 3,700 Trans Children Shares Horrifying Truth About 'Gender-Affirming Care'\">retired business professor<\/a>. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Mike Landry, PhD, is a retired business professor. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio State graduates endure &#8216;The Worst Commencement Speech Ever&#8217; according to Mike Landry&#8217;s commentary on May 8, 2024, at 2:00 pm. 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