• 08 Apr 2009 at 1:11 PM

Madoff To Address Wharton Graduating Class?

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Update: Apparently it’s fake. Which is disappointing. I hate you kids.
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Are those rapscallions in Philly pulling a late April Fool’s trick or is this thing happening for serious? If so– road trip!

In a controversial effort to provide a final bit of wisdom before students graduate, the Wharton School has invited New York financier Bernie Madoff to speak at this year’s graduation ceremony.
Madoff, former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange, has recently become known for his elaborate Ponzi scheme for which he pled guilty to an 11-count criminal complaint in March. He will address Wharton’s Class of 2009 via videoconference on May 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Franklin Field.

Madoff will headline Wharton graduation ceremony [Daily Pennsylvanian]

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    Comments (12)

    1. 1
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 1:25 PM

      “Because of him, Taglit-Birthright lost a ton of money,” Rachel Steingoldfeldmanberg said. “I may never get my chance to sleep with an Israeli soldier.”
      I am guessing a joke, as amusing as that name would be if true.

    2. 2
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 1:32 PM

      Daily Pennsylvanian does an april fools issue every year. This is it. They never did it on the actual day to throw people off.

    3. 3
      Posted by Novice | April 8, 2009 at 1:35 PM

      What’s not satire: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123918590857500753.html
      Awesome.

    4. 4
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 1:40 PM

      Just like Wharton always have to be the best and get the best speakers.
      Now HBS will have to settle for Merkin.

    5. 5
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 1:47 PM

      its a joke? i was thinking Penn wanted to show the grads where they are most likely to end up…

    6. 6
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 2:44 PM

      In a related story, gullibility is on the rise.

    7. 7
      Posted by Tahoe | April 8, 2009 at 3:14 PM

      Cajones massivimass…..who’ll be handling security?

    8. 8
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 3:16 PM

      7 Read carefully – says via videoconference

    9. 9
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 4:47 PM

      @7….why are you referencing “drawers” (like desk drawers) ???
      Are you thinking someone has giant, really big “drawers” when you wrote “cajones”? “Man, you got to have big drawers to pull that off…”
      Since I went to MIT and I never lost money, I bet you meant to write “cojones”.

    10. 10
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 4:48 PM

      Madoff should be invited to address his high-school’s afternoon detention class. I’m sure he’d get a big round of applause there.
      The Guy from Delaware

    11. 11
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 5:15 PM

      @2, spot on, DP is known for that.
      also, do you people not read beyond the title?
      “*This article appeared in the 2009 joke issue.”

    12. 12
      Posted by guest | April 8, 2009 at 6:03 PM

      @11 that line was added later, duhhhh!!!!

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