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Gorbachev was our first choice, but our second choice was Bill Cosby.  He said no when we refused to give him an honorary degree.  In hindsight, I kinda think we made the right call.

So we ended up with Koppel.  The first few minutes of his address were about how he was our 3rd choice.  He then went on to express his concerns about how journalism was becoming more about easily digestible blurbs, a la USA Today.  If only that were the main problem with today's journalism.....

Seem to be quite a few 86ers on the board. Obviously a vintage year. 

Gorbachev did come to Stanford in 1990. So, he didn't reject us so much as run late.

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Gorbachev was our first choice, but our second choice was Bill Cosby.  He said no when we refused to give him an honorary degree.  In hindsight, I kinda think we made the right call.

So we ended up with Koppel.  The first few minutes of his address were about how he was our 3rd choice.  He then went on to express his concerns about how journalism was becoming more about easily digestible blurbs, a la USA Today.  If only that were the main problem with today's journalism.....

Seem to be quite a few 86ers on the board. Obviously a vintage year. 

Gorbachev did come to Stanford in 1990. So, he didn't reject us so much as run late.