Satirical student newspaper article - about giving an impromptu State-of-the-Union speech

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The State of the Union address is an important speech given annually by the U.S. President to a joint session of Congress, typically late in January. The American University in Washington, D.C. has a student newspaper called the Eagle. On December 15, 2022 it has an article by Nora Sullivan titled Satire: New University-wide participation policy requires students to deliver impromptu State of the Union speech in front of the entire United States citizenry.

 

That’s quite a nightmare, since it would be much longer than a Table Topics speech at a Toastmasters club meeting. And, reportedly, that student also needed to interrupt their peers.

 

The cartoon was adapted from this one at Wikimedia Commons.