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...Prasad V. Jallepalli '92 delivered the traditional Latin oration; his theme was "The Ship of Harvard." In Latin, Jallepalli said that "The Ship of Harvard admits only the strangest sort of animals--or how else would we have Adams House?" Audience members followed the speech with printed English translations. They chuckled frequently. The 350-year-old Latin oration tradition is traditionally irreverent. William S. Parsons '92 wrote his undergraduate address, "Fair Harvard, Farewell," in iambic pentameter. He touched on some serious issues near the end of his speech, but most of it was humorous; a lot of Orientation week jokes...
Edelman--whom Hillary Clinton considers a mentor, and whom Rolling Stone called "kind of like America's mom"--accepted the 1993 Class Committee's offer several weeks ago, according to Senior Class Marshall Mukesh Prasad...
...quite an honor to have someone as distinguished as Marian Wright Edelman as our Class Day Speaker," Prasad said. "She serves as a role model to not only the Class of '93 but to anyone who believes in balancing a strong professional career with a strong family...
...Prasad said Edelman was one of the committee's first choices for speaker. He and other committee members hoped she would accept because of her previous ties to the University...
...Although Prasad says he feels the number of South Asian applicants will eventually level off, he believes the SAA can continue to grow and change, mentioning such projects as Ekta, a magazine of South Asian issues the group began last spring...