The Purple One is about to become a Golden Gopher.

Read more about it here http://www.twincities.com...minnesota/

leftcoast said:

I think they should have done this before he passed away.

Reading about this a day or two after he died, it seems they'd been trying for years, but he wasn't interested. He'd finally agreed to it, and this was all going to happen this year if he'd lived too. It's not a posthumous tribute.

wildgoldenhoney said:

Does that mean he would have a degree without having to take classes and graduate?

Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/...ary_degree

langebleu said:

wonder505 said:

This process takes months to complete so I am a little confident Prince knew about it. Bittersweet.

Yes, he did know about it. He'd finally agreed to it.

The man needs nothing because he is Prince, but this is sweet. Now the university needs to offer courses on his music, his production skills, his leadership and philanthropy. They need to set up a Prince "Let's Go Crazy" fund to provide musical camps for children and youth that is focused on his genre--PRINCE.

Lease PP from his estate and use it to teach all facets of music creation, production and distribution. Use it to tell the story of his genius.

Prince is the genre. Prince is the culture.

So... what's the difference between this thread -- and this locked thread?

Both are tributes from an education facilities in Minnesota that were posted in two different newspaper sources.

One was locked and placed in a different thread to be buried and never heard from again, while another was given it's own thread for people to see.

I mean, what's the difference other than one thread was posted by a non-moderator -- and the other was posted by a moderator.

Thanks in advance for the clarification!

suomynona said:

captiveunicorn said:

...there's a fairly big difference between being awarded an honorary doctorate by a university and a personal commemoration plaque at a high school.

Yes, I agree. One of the schools he actually attended -- and the other he did not.

This is pretty cool. Andwhy am I not surprised that it took forever to get him to agree to it? "Have a degree!" "No." "C'mon, have a degree!" "No." "PRINCE TAKE THE DAMN DEGREEE!" "*sigh, side-eye* /Fine/."

Stubborn ass.

I've been to a lot of university convocations and sat through a lot of boring-ass commencement speeches. These kids are in luck if anyone - even Tony M - accepts the award on Prince's behalf.

mtlfan said:

I've been to a lot of university convocations and sat through a lot of boring-ass commencement speeches. These kids are in luck if anyone - even Tony M - accepts the award on Prince's behalf.

A day late and a dollar short.

While we are talking about honors: why didn't Prince ever receive a Kennedy Center Honor? They gave it to The Who, for Heaven's sake. Absolutely no comparison in terms of quality of work IMO. Paul McCartney delayed his for years, after he was first selected. Does anyone know if this was ever offered to Prince?

deerpath said:

The man needs nothing because he is Prince, but this is sweet. Now the university needs to offer courses on his music, his production skills, his leadership and philanthropy. They need to set up a Prince "Let's Go Crazy" fund to provide musical camps for children and youth that is focused on his genre--PRINCE.

Lease PP from his estate and use it to teach all facets of music creation, production and distribution. Use it to tell the story of his genius.

Prince is the genre. Prince is the culture.

What a perfect idea!

Was reading the article on Star Tribune and some of the comments are disgusting! Sick of people stating was nothing but a junkie!

paolo said:

Was reading the article on Star Tribune and some of the comments are disgusting! Sick of people stating was nothing but a junkie!

Just ignore the ignorant.

suomynona said:

journalism16 said:

So nice and deserving of both the plaque and degree. He definitely deserves them.

It's cool.

I've never understood the point of these. Once the person is successful in whatever field, what's the point of the degree?

paolo said:

Im sure all these people are being geuninley nice when they are giving out these award's......but it's a bit little and too late,...im sure there will be plenty to come in honour of Prince in this next year. However woulda meant alot more if they had done it while he was alive and showed there love for him whilst he was with us....

paolo said:

purpleaslan said:

I currently attend Berklee College of Music and ever since Prince passed I thought it would be fitting for him to recieve an Honorary Degree. Sure it would be more fitting if the person was alive when recieving it, however I think that it is a nice way of further immortalizing his influence and stating how big we really was

paolo said: