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Rowling Charges Grads To Accept Failure, Cultivate Imagination
By ESTHER I. YI
Friday, June 06, 2008 12:00 PM
Despite a persistent drizzle, a lively audience—including more than its typical share of youngsters—packed Tercentenary Theater yesterday to hear the author of the acclaimed “Harry Potter” series deliver the Commencement address.
 Rowling To Give Commencement Address
University To Honor Kennedy
By CHRISTIAN B. FLOW
Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 will be among 11 honorees receiving degrees from the University, according to a program circulated at a Wednesday dinner in honor of the recipients. But unlike the 10 others slated for recognition, Kennedy will not receive the degree at today’s Commencement exercises.
In ROTC Address, Faust Quietly Criticizes 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
By CLIFFORD M MARKS and
NATHAN C. STRAUSS
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:37 PM
After pledging to address the military’s “Don’t Ask,
Don’t Tell” policy in her speech at the ROTC commissioning ceremony
this morning, University President Drew G. Faust shied away from
directly mentioning the issue, opting instead to use more general
language like “principles of inclusion.”
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Bernanke's Class Day Speech Leaves Many Unimpressed, Wet
By MAXWELL L. CHILD and
THOMAS J. LAWLESS
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:03 PM
Unlike past Class Day addresses from funnymen Will
Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen, Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke’s
speech came with an unexpected bonus—academic citations.
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