Hillary to Speak at NYU Graduation

NYU announced today that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will give the commencement speech at their graduation ceremonies on May 13th at Yankee Stadium. Hillary will be presented with an honorary doctorate of law alongside other guests of honor, including playwright John Patrick Shanley, White House journalist Helen Thomas, health advocate Jessie Gruman and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Fert. Schools Chancellor Joel Klien will receive the “Lewis Rudin Award for Exemplary Service to New York City.” Hillary is also slated to give the commencement address at Barnard this year, while Columbia University grads will hear a speech from new Attorney General Eric Holder. Meanwhile out in Los Angeles, current Columbia student and Pineapple Express star James Franco will give the commencement address at UCLA.

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By Billy Parker in News on March 23, 2009 2:58 PM

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anopneumous

Eric Holder is Class Day speaker for Columbia College only. The other schools of Columbia University have their own speakers, and the commencement speaker for Columbia University is always Lee Bollinger (university president).

NannyState

I bet she takes the mound in the seventh and blows them away with her 'Inside Bitch'.

Tgirl

spin alert

Guest

She'll get along just fine with all the NYU students!! - they've all got something in common: throwing $$$ money $$$ out the window only to end up getting fucked over when all is said and done..