NU graduates disappointed

After four years of study at one of the nation's top colleges, some Northwestern University graduates feel they should be sent on their way by man higher in stature than Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Students say they feel let down because Daley doesn't carry the cachet of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, or even last year's speaker, Julia Louis-Dreyfus of "Seinfeld." One graduate even wrote to Northwestern President Henry Bienen, saying he would not attend the graduation ceremony because Daley will speak. Bienen fired back, telling Matthew Braslow to grow up. In nearly 200 messages posted on The Daily Northwestern student newspaper's Web site, other seniors are calling the decision to honor Daley everything from "lame" to "a letdown."