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...year, several students expressed discontent with the choice. “Considering past speakers, we were under the impression it would be someone with a recognizable social commitment,” said UPenn Senior Class President Pierre Gooding. At Yale, where graduates will hear a commencement speech from news anchor and Yale alumnus Anderson Cooper, one writer headlined a letter about Cooper’s selection to the Yale Daily News, “College fell short with speaker choice.” And Stanford senior Paul S. Wright wrote in an e-mail of his school?...
...statement released to The Crimson yesterday.“Her work shines penetrating light both on why we value diversity, and on what kinds of diversity we should value,” Koh said. “Her brilliant teaching, scholarship, and citizenship will make her an anchor for Yale Law School’s faculty and a beacon for our students and alumni for many generations to come.”—Staff writer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pbhayani@fas.harvard.edu...
NAMED. Katie Couric, 49, as anchor of the CBS Evening News, becoming the first sole female anchor and managing editor of a network newscast; in New York City. As the abidingly chipper co-host of Today, Couric led NBC's morning show to 538 consecutive weeks of ratings dominance. In September, Couric will assume the desk once manned by Walter Cronkite; she will also be a contributor to 60 Minutes...
...Class of 2006 will soon be treated to its very own “Hour with Jim Lehrer.” The noted news anchor and novelist will be the principal speaker for Harvard’s 355th Commencement Afternoon Exercises on June 8. The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), responsible for choosing each year’s afternoon speaker, selected Lehrer for his “objectivity and intelligence” and the respect he inspires, according to the announcement in the Harvard Gazette yesterday. In his over 40 years as a journalist, Lehrer has won numerous awards, including...
...Vinci Code By Dan Brown Anchor...