Word: speaker
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Although Brokaw delivers the nightly news with stony-faced seriousness, he regaled students with a string of jokes yesterday when he took to the podium in Tercentenary Theatre as the keynote speaker in the annual Class Day festivities...
...Varmus, who is today's commencement speaker, is internationally recognized for his research on retroviruses and the genetic basis of cancer...
...said, 'It'll be fun!' or something Peterish like that," Thomas explains. "I just did it on a whim," she says, although she ended up Third Marshall. She has taken the role seriously, however, Cahn says. When Thomas and Peter were looking for help finding a Class Day speaker, Thomas would do almost anything to get support. "She knows how to put on the right short skirt to get something done," Cahn says. "'Is this one short enough? Is this one short enough?' she'd ask me." They eventually were able to bring Tom Brokaw to the event...
Thomas has also been a great cheerleader. It was her idea to send flowers to everyone who helped them in their speaker search. She also led the effort to thank the House representatives for all of their help with the enormous amount of Class Committee work. With her direction, the Marshals stuffed bags full of candy and other goodies to give to each representative...
When Tom Brokaw takes to the podium as the keynote speaker in this afternoon's Class Day festivities, the eyes of many current and future world leaders will be upon...