Looks like we have a Rhodes winner

[deac85]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/24/21597778-32-americans-named-rhodes-scholars-for-2014?lite

Anybody know this young man? Good achievement for him and the University

 

[WakeBDer]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/24/21597778-32-americans-named-rhodes-scholars-for-2014?lite

Anybody know this young man? Good achievement for him and the University

Wake article here: http://news.wfu.edu/2013/11/24/oconnell-named-rhodes-scholar/

Great guy.

 

[Deacfreak07]

#GoDeacs

 

[AnonymousDeac]

The best Deacons come from Tampa.

 

[PhDeac]

Or at least end up there.

 

[DeaconBrews]

The best Deacons come from Tampa.

Or at least end up there.

I hear that they're modest, at least.

 

[DeaconBrews]

In all seriousness, I've briefly met Jim and he seems like a bright kid. He was confused why I didn't want to go to grad school.

 

[DeacdeTejas]

Ya Jim is a good kid. Congrats to him

 

[Rafi]

Congrats. That's awesome.

Looks like 4 from the ACC. Two from uva, one from gt, and one from Wake.

 

[lbE08]

Most days I really feel like I have my shit together. Then I read an article about a kid like this and just feel... less than.

Good for him and good on the school, really glad there are people like this out there.

 

[Caturdayredux]

O'Connell? Sounds like a rich Irish oppressor. He's definitively a racist and 1%er!

 

[DeaconJoe]

The first comment on the W-SJ article (http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/article_53ac4bb2-5581-11e3-8d55-0019bb30f31a.html)

"and his degree was in what ?? and at oxford he is gonna study what ? will he end up in DC never having worked a day in his life after college going to tell we, the people what is in our best interests as they do now ?/ no thanks..we have enough crap dealers in DC now..don't need anymore.."

SMH

 

[Kory]

The first comment on the W-SJ article (http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/article_53ac4bb2-5581-11e3-8d55-0019bb30f31a.html):

"and his degree was in what ?? and at oxford he is gonna study what ? will he end up in DC never having worked a day in his life after college going to tell we, the people what is in our best interests as they do now ?/ no thanks..we have enough crap dealers in DC now..don't need anymore.."

SMH

He's working right now for the University. It's a full time job. SMH.

 

[DeaconJoe]

He's working right now for the University. It's a full time job. SMH.

Right. And he wants to go into the Navy post-Oxford. I've got a hunch that the person who wrote that comment is a STAUNCH supporter of the Armed Forces.

 

[godeacsplate]

Interesting to read the list of schools. It's like an old Imus "which doesn't belong & why" routine.

 

[inspectah]

I usually read the profiles of the Rhodes winners and find everything unbearably pretentious, but this guys seems humble, down-to-earth, and well-grounded. Congrats and best of luck!!

 

[Demonbeck]

How many Rhodes scholars have we had? Anyone know?

 

[bigdoublezero]

From the WFU release:

He is the 13th Wake Forest student to be named a Rhodes Scholar in the past 27 years.

 

[TwentyONE]

Congrats to him.

Wake has a great record producing Rhodes scholars. I know folks at Davidson, for example, that are jelly.

 

[Demonbeck]

From the WFU release:

Thanks. I am told that reading is fundamental.