Today is Rahul Kumar's birthday. Rahul is one of the most insightful intelligent person I've met. My favorite moment with him was when I somehow scored higher than him on an International Econ exam. I started doing a victory dance to which his response was:
- You need to get a life
- You can't dance.
He was, of course, right on both counts.
As Student Body President at Coe I had the honor(?) of calling #FlunkDay and a budget to produce the Flunk Day newspaper, for which I recruited Denise to edit. She did an amazing job and most #Kohawks credit it as the best one ever produced.
My only request of her was to give me the back page. I had some grievances. And I had some kudos to give.
I won't get into the grievances but for the kudos it was a backhanded attempt of displaying my love for Rahul and my disdain for my alma mater's leadership in how they treated him.
Rahul Kumar:
- Steve: Please remember me after you make your first million.
- President Brown: Please remember Coe after you make your first million.
- Dean Phifer: Please forget everything I said about history being about white people.
I was out of office but called to President Brown's office after this came out. He was offended. I said, "Is it not factually true?"
"Yes," he replied, "but you shouldn't have put it in." I rolled my eyes.
Bottom line: Rahul was right; calling out Coe's curriculum in 1991 was the right thing to do. I stand by my friend now and always will.
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