Some Guy Who's Not Stephen Colbert To Deliver College's Commencement Speech

Ian David

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Some Guy Who's Not Stephen Colbert To Deliver College's Commencement Speech

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Some Guy Who's Not Stephen Colbert To Deliver College's Commencement Speech
April 9, 2009 | Issue 45•15

STATE COLLEGE, PA—Penn State students were devastated Monday to learn that their commencement speaker will be "some dork scientist" who discovered DNA, authored the groundbreaking book The Double Helix, helped establish the Human Genome Project, and is not late-night talk-show host Stephen Colbert. "This is so lame," said senior biochemistry major Beth Reiss, whose hero ever since she discovered her love for science has been Stephen Colbert. "We didn't work our butts off in the lab for four years to sit and listen to some brainiac without his own insanely popular television show." As of press time, the Nobel Prize–winning nobody was deliberating over perhaps opening his commencement speech with a joke.

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abq e streeter

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Thu Apr-09-09 10:30 AM
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1. Colbert DID give the commencement speech at my old college

Edited on Thu Apr-09-09 10:31 AM by abq e streeter

2 years ago I think. They've also had Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Pretty amazing for a small college in western Illinois (Knox College). The college website used to have a video of Colbert's entire speech ; not sure if they still do...

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Ian David

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Thu Apr-09-09 10:38 AM
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2. I'm jealous! Find it! Find it! n/t

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abq e streeter

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Thu Apr-09-09 12:17 PM
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5. if you type in Colbert at Knox on you tube, its right there----enjoy

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Ian David

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Thu Apr-09-09 12:23 PM
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6. Thanks! Found it!

Edited on Thu Apr-09-09 12:23 PM by Ian David

1. Stephen Colbert 2006 Knox Commencement Address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOqpvsJJEmk

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Critters2

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Thu Apr-09-09 10:40 AM
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3. Knox is amazing in the comencement speakers they get. nt

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abq e streeter

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Thu Apr-09-09 12:11 PM
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4. Just saw you're in Illinois---near Galesburg?

I think John Podesta, (Obama's transition team chief etc) has been instrumental in getting a lot of these people... ( John was actually a friend of mine at Knox---a great guy back then, even though I have some disagreements with him politically these days)

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Thu Apr-09-09 12:25 PM
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7. In LaSalle County now. Grew up in Davenport and Kewanee.

My brother and sister both went to Western. So, I know that part of the state.

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