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Alright, who suggested Barry Bonds?
Below, a list of suggestions given to the “2008 Class Council” of Dartmouth College by its constituents—suggestions for a commencement speaker to address the class in June. There are a few jewel ideas in there, but in large part it reads like a list of outworn drones.
Aaron Sorkin Al Franken Al Gore Anderson Cooper Andrea Mitchell Arnold Schwarzenegger Ayan Hirsi Ali Barack Obama Barry Bonds Bill Bryson Bill Clinton Bill Gates/Melinda Gates Bono Brigitte Gabriel Bruce Springsteen Christopher Hitchens Colin Powell Conan O’Brien Cornell West Dan Castellaneta Dave Chappelle Don DeLillo Don LaFontaine Donald Trump Dr. Charles Thomas Jr. D’79 Dr. Larry Brilliant Elizabeth Edwards Ellen Degeneres Eugene D. Genovese Felix Rohayten George Carlin George HW Bush George HW Bush and Bill Clinton Haruki Murakami Hillary Clinton Howard Zinn Ira Magaziner Ishmael Beah Issac Hayes J.K. Rowling James Fallows JD Salinger Jeff Bezos Jeff Immelt ‘79 Jeffrey Sachs Jerry Seinfeld Jim Yong Kim Jimmy Carter Joan Jett Joel Stein John Hope Franklin John McCain John Roberts Johnny Knoxville Jon Stewart Keith Olberman Kirsten Gillibrand ‘88 Kofi Annan Madeleine Albright Matt Stone Maureen Dowd Maya Angelou Meryl Streep Michael J. Fox Michael Moore Mike Bloomberg Muhammad Yunus Nancy Cartwright Nelson Mandela Nicole Krauss Nora Ephron not sure which name this goes with, misplaced Oprah Paul Farmer Paul Feig Penelope Cruz Pratibha Patil Rachel Dratch ‘88 Robert Spencer Robin Williams Salman Rushdie Seth Green Seth MacFarlane Shawn White Sherman Alexie Shonda Rhimes ‘91 Spike Lee Stephen Colbert Stephen Dubner Stephen Hawking Stephen Lewis Steve Carell Steve Jobs Steve Schwarzman Steven Levitt Steven Spielberg Thomas Friedman Tim Russert Tom Brokaw Tom Hanks Tom Wolfe Toni Morrison Tony Blair Tony Hawk Trey Parker Walter Cronkite Warren Buffet Whoopie Goldberg Will Ferrell William James Olmos William McDonough ‘73 Winnie Mandela Zach De La Rocha Zimo Zeng ‘96
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