There's something interesting going on in the air these days. Seems like hardly a week goes by in which we don't see video of fisticuffs on a passenger airlines.
So what's to make of this news? Florida university to award Trayvon Martin a posthumous honorary degree:
At its commencement ceremony on May 13, Florida Memorial University will present a posthumous honorary degree to Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager killed by George Zimmerman five years ago.
The private university announced Wednesday that Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical science with a concentration in flight education on behalf of their son.
It's a private school, and presumably they know the pool from which their prospective students come. But should there be any current students working on a similar degree, there must be a little bit of anxiety sharing a degree with someone with a history like Trayvon Martin's. On the other hand, maybe they would be proud of it. Imagine the reunion with an empty chair for Trayvon. It could be worse. At least they aren't honoring a flight school graduate named Mohamad Atta.
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2:31 PM 5/6/2017
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