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05-01-2009, 03:58 PM
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Here's link from Philadelphia Inquirer about Commencement speakers. Commencement speakers struggle to inspire students | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/01/2009
Somehow I find Princeton's choice, Gen. David Petraeus, a bit ironic. Even though he earned his PhD there, I just don't think of Princeton as a bastion of the United States military. Please understand....no offense intended to the Tigers!
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05-01-2009, 04:50 PM
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Yale: Christopher Buckley "75, son of William F., author and political commentator in his own right
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05-01-2009, 06:30 PM
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Panhandlegal- Having attended, a few years ago, a commissioning ceremony for about ten ROTC students into the Marines, Army, and Air Force in Nassau Hall, I will say, though the numbers were small, the support given by President Tilghman was genuine.
As "Service to the nation..." is Princeton's motto, they at least host a ROTC program. My perspective was that Princeton PARENTS were the ones discouraging their kids from a military life, for reasons of economic security and safety, not the administration.
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05-01-2009, 08:23 PM
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Brandeis University - Mayor Corey Booker, Newark, NJ
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05-01-2009, 08:32 PM
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Marquette has sportscaster Dick Enberg as commencement speaker. He was a colleague and good friend of Marquette's legendary BB coach, Al Maguire (he wrote a one-man play about him), so it should be emotional and definitely NOT dull.
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05-01-2009, 10:41 PM
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Dartmouth-Louise Erdrich, 1976 Dartmouth grad, member of the 1st class to include women and Native American who has won acclaim as a writer in multiple genres (novelist, poet and author of children’s books) and most recently was a finalist for this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Plague of Doves.
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05-02-2009, 08:56 PM
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BU has Michael Capuano (US Congressman from Boston). Larry Bird and Steven Spielberg are getting honorary degrees. The speaker was not a popular choice - see comments in article below. Word Out! | BU Today | |
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05-03-2009, 10:46 AM
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Michigan got Google Co-Founder, Larry Page.
Michigan Med School got Sanjay Gupta to be their commencement speaker.
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05-06-2009, 05:25 PM
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Fordham - Tom Brokaw
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05-06-2009, 06:33 PM
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05-08-2009, 06:05 PM
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| Just call her 'Dr. Dolly': Parton receives Ph.D. Quote:
Award-winning entertainer, businesswoman and education advocate Dolly Parton has a new title.
"Just think, I am Dr. Dolly!" she said Friday after receiving an honorary doctorate of humane and musical letters from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Always joking about her buxom figure, she added, "So when people say something about 'Double-D,' they will be thinking of something entirely different."
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06-08-2009, 04:07 AM
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Best Speech I've seen so far (on youtube) is
Ellen DeGeneres at Tulane University
It's the most hilarious and original this year
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| 2010 Commencement Speakers
Political commentator Jeff Johnson will deliver the commencement address at Saint Augustine’s College's 143rd Commencement on Saturday, May 8.
Johnson is a commentator on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show and managing editor and chief correspondent for the BET talk show “The Truth with Jeff Johnson.” He is also a frequent contributor on race, politics and popular culture for MSNBC, CNN, and FOX News among others.
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