Opinion
Commencement speakers generally follow a standard format: a personal anecdote, a few jokes, and a bit of advice to help the young graduates lead satisfying and fruitful lives.
May 10, 2016
All the Rage
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Oct. 29, 2009
Obituaries
Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of State, has died of cancer, her family says.
March 23, 2022
Entertainment & Arts
Madeleine Albright tells a riveting tale of her family’s experience in Europe during World War II in ‘Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948.’
July 18, 2012
Television
War has broken out on Twitter between two powerful factions and it seems that only some real diplomacy and statecraft can save the day.
Oct. 24, 2014
World & Nation
When President-elect Bill Clinton promised an Administration as diverse as the nation, he meant a mix of genders and races.
Dec. 23, 1992
To the editor: As a 1976 graduate of Scripps College, I can only imagine what the founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, would have to say about the current commencement controversy over having former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speak to the graduates.
May 12, 2016
The former U.S. ambassador and secretary of State started collecting and wearing pins during her diplomatic years.
Oct. 12, 2012
To the editor: I attended the Scripps College commencement on Saturday, where a group of protesting faculty was, as it put it, “outraged” that students had invited former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to speak.
May 18, 2016
Politics
Madeleine Albright finds Romney’s foreign policy speech ‘confusing’
Oct. 8, 2012