All right Huntsman, we’re a little annoyed because you’ve kind of stolen our whole “releasing slightly odd multimedia leading up to the announcement” idea. Seriously, we talked about your kids just two days ago. It was adorable. Is it a coincidence you’re now talking about them too? And what about your motorcross shots? We broke those practically last millennium. All we’re saying is, give credit where credit is due.
Today, our pictorial journey brings us to the far reaches of the globe: China, where Huntsman served as the Ambassador until he got impatient. To prove that he was actually there, we have unearthed this photo of him and all his cultural learnings. It’s like if your typical folksy diner campaign stop was a fancy restaurant in China.
Welcome back to our countdown to candidacy. This week, we’re paying tribute to future potential president and relevant Penn alum Jon Huntsman Jr. Today is “adopting a baby from India” edition! Bonus: the baby from India is in the picture! Hi, little Asha!
In celebration of Penn alum Jon Huntsman Jr.‘s impending quest for the White House, we’re devoting the next week to hyping up his announcement, scheduled for next Tuesday. We’re doing so by thoughtfully examining one policy initiative each day. Sike! We’re just gonna post silly and awesome pictures of the guy. Today’s low-quality-but-worth-it shot features awkward Huntsman in a pile of children with a festive goose. Standard!
Southern New Hampshire University got our sloppy seconds as Penn’s second only remaining presidential hopeful delivered a Commencement address there yesterday.
Many in the media would have you believe that Jon Huntsman Jr., like Obama in 2007, was visiting the seemingly-random school due to its location in the home of the nation’s first primary. However, we know better: clearly, he just got confused and thought he was coming back to his alma mater. Why? SMHU’s mascot is– get this– the Penmen. Classic mistake.
The political universe has been a-buzz all week waiting for news on Jon Huntsman Jr.’s presidential run. We promise to bring you the announcement as soon as the Penn alum makes it; in the meantime, here’s a picture of him with a motorcross. #sopresidential
Update: Okay, well, now he actually resigned. This probably means he’s running.
Donald Trump has finally decided to pull out the big guns and run for president. According to The Daily Beast, the camera-happy Wharton grad has toyed with the idea of running in the past, but this time he really means business (see: finger-pointing picture).
After a painful four-minute long introduction (skip it and read the Wikipedia article instead), Jon M. Huntsman took the stage to deliver this year’s Commencement speech to the Class of 2010. Huntsman flew all the way from the motherland (China) for this, and it’s pretty obvious that he was excited to share his wisdom with the new crop of alums. Calling himself “the loser of a loser of an educator” (precious!), he reminded the recent grads that if all else fails, they can always resort to the world’s oldest profession–you know, politics.
Huntsman’s speech was full of all of the old clichés (discovering your passions, following your dreams, etc.), but it’s still worth watching if you need a good pep-talk. Oh, and lovin’ the uncomfortable clapping at 5:03.
As per a DP online update, Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is booked as the 2010 Commencement speaker. Aside from being the namesake for Wharton HQ, Huntsman used to be the Governor of Utah and now serves as the U.S. Ambassador to China.
It’s no big deal, but we actually predicted this in July. True story. And no, you cannot borrow our crystal ball.
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It’s the first week of interviews for On-Campus Recruiting, and we are sorry to report that here at Under the Button stress levels are high.
We are so stressed, in fact, that this morning in some kind of delirium we accidentally set a trip wire outside of Huntsman and all of our classmates are probably going to fall right over it and some may even sustain minor injuries. We are so stressed that we are incapable of remembering the simplest of things! Like, for example, this very same morning we forgot to not put a huge vat of lukewarm porridge directly on the other side of that trip wire! And, get this, then we forgot not to take Polaroid pictures of each porridge-covered student, and to not write across the photos in Sharpie “[Name] is unable to attend interviews today. Probably drunk,” and to not distribute these to recruiters! The stress is taking its toll on us indeed.
“OC-Are you serious?” you might ask. Well, come to think of it, no. OCR is not really our thing. We had to ask the president of Wharton Women to explain it to us (seriously). But you know what is our thing? Giving advice!
We gave readers Ben Rosen the chance to ask questions about interviewing. Questions that are weighing heavily on all of our minds right now.
“This will be a great Q&A and because of it everyone will get a job!” we thought to ourselves. Were we right? Find out after the jump.