18-05-2005 03:24									#1
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It's graduation time (mine was Monday) and some big time dignitaries have spoken at your commencements. Which were yours?

At Emory's main commencement (with all the schools there) we had Tom Brokaw, who was actually the local anchor at Atlanta's NBC station before he became big time. It was a good speech. Brokaw knows how to speak and charged with the whole make a difference thing. Of course he had to sneak in a Greatest Generation at the end of his speech .

	18-05-2005 03:25									#2
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I skipped mine. The ****ers wanted to charge me for cap/gown/diploma.

	18-05-2005 03:28									#3
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Paul Simon (the senator)
that famous Guatemalan woman activist whose name I can't remember.

	18-05-2005 03:49									#4
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT I skipped mine. The ****ers wanted to charge me for cap/gown/diploma.

Not an option at my school. No graduation without a valid excuse = no diploma. And my parents would have killed me if I didn't go and they didn't get their pictures.

	18-05-2005 03:53									#5
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I can't remember who was there...

	18-05-2005 04:04									#6
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College - Kweisi Mfume
High School - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (and the airhead even said the name of the school wrong when speaking).

	18-05-2005 04:05									#7
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some guy. i remember he told us that we should never forget that as graduates of academia we will always be "a special part of greece's youth". i didn't know at that time he meant "the unemployed"

	18-05-2005 04:05									#8
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quote: said the name of the school wrong when speaking

	18-05-2005 04:08									#9
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Steven Weinberg

	18-05-2005 04:09									#10
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Don't just list names... tell us if they were any good without teleprompters .

	18-05-2005 04:09									#11
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Weinberg was pretty good.

He's also about 400 times smarter than anybody else listed so far...

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quote: Originally posted by JohnT I skipped mine. The ****ers wanted to charge me for cap/gown/diploma.

I had to wear a tux to my high school graduation, and the girls had to wear white dresses.

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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Weinberg was pretty good. He's also about 400 times smarter than anybody else listed so far...

You can add a few zeros to that against Townsend. I don't think I've seen such a bimbo in politics.

	18-05-2005 04:46									#14
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Erin Moriarty. I was pissed. The year before us they got Bush then we get some second rate reporter. I was shocked actually. I was expecting Cheney or Condi or someone, especially in an election year. I had never even heard of her before graduation.

	18-05-2005 04:54									#15
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HS: Rush Limbaugh
College: erm...
Law School: erm..some state official, auditor or something. The year before was AG Ashcroft.

Yup, all downhill since HS for me

	18-05-2005 04:59									#16
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I haven't graduated yet, but the people who should speak at the graduation ceremony should be:

The German teacher responsible for the exchange programme on the French side
The director of the poli-sci department in Stuttgart
The dean of the university Stuttgart
The French consul in Stuttgart (or more likely an envoy)
Two students from the programme

	18-05-2005 05:32									#17
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High School: Vice Chairman of the School Board (last minute substitute. bleah)

College: Jim Henson (U of Md alum; received a well deserved Dr of Fine Arts.)

I always thought they shouldn't hand out diplomas at graduation, but rather as you are leaving the computing center at 2 am after your program failed to compile for the third straight time. A little bit of positive reinforcement.

	18-05-2005 06:15									#18
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I spoke at mine. Couldn't get any bigger than that in here.

	18-05-2005 06:47									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Not an option at my school. No graduation without a valid excuse = no diploma. And my parents would have killed me if I didn't go and they didn't get their pictures.

Being #3 on the list meant that there was a big "been there, done that" feeling when my grad. time came along.

And Emory is full of **** if they think that not participating in a voluntary ceremony means not getting your diploma.

	18-05-2005 07:32									#20
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my graduation was rained out

the person who was suppose to speak was some sort of famous poet

Jon Miller

	18-05-2005 07:32									#21
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Kofi Annan.

	18-05-2005 07:34									#22
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I too skipped by graduation.

About ten years ago I went to the graduation of a friend of mine, who was graduating from law school. He had Sandra Day O'Conner, and she was quite impressive. (I'm still hoping she makes CJ someday )

	18-05-2005 08:15									#23
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Time is running out on that. She's in her 70s as well. Remember, she was 2nd in her law school class at Stanford to Chief Justice Rehnquist (showing you how close in age they are).

	18-05-2005 08:40									#24
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Don't go trampling on my delusions!

	18-05-2005 08:57									#25
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Someone has to. You are getting too old for idealism... though it could be the onset of senelity. On that note, carry on!

	18-05-2005 09:27									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov I had to wear a tux to my high school graduation, and the girls had to wear white dresses.

I'm sorry to hear about your suffering.

	18-05-2005 09:35									#27
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I honestly cannot remember who spoke at my graduation. I didn't go to my BA graduation, but I went to my MA one. The girl who sat next to me was really hot, so I wasn't listening.

	18-05-2005 10:32									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Someone has to. You are getting too old for idealism... though it could be the onset of senelity. On that note, carry on!

Gad, when one gets too old for idealism, one turns into a Republican.

	18-05-2005 10:45									#29
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I didn't go. Too cool, I guess.

	18-05-2005 10:55									#30
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Emerson just had alumn/former teacher/honorary degree recipient Dennis Leary speak this past Monday.

I don't know who will speak when I graduate in 2 years (out of 5).