(06-19-2023, 10:34 AM)martyup Wrote:(04-14-2023, 02:00 AM)newguy Wrote: Mac was a Rincadelt. He sprained his ankle playing pickup basketball, and that ankle was a problem throughout his professional career.
I'll bet he cried and blamed someone.
he may well have...but i wasn't there.
(06-20-2023, 09:30 PM)CTcard Wrote:(04-14-2023, 02:00 AM)newguy Wrote: 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.
definitely a vintage year. must have been all the rain our freshman year.
Cal delenda est
