Speakers and Celebrities
Many famous people including Vice-President Joseph Biden, Martin Luther King, Jr. Chuck D, Desmond Tutu, Michael Nutter, Chris Matthews, James Cone, Chelsea Clinton, Caroline Kennedy, Tim Russert, Jonathan Weiner, Pat Croce, Tim Wise, Ed Rendell, Dan Marino, Soledad O'Brien, and Rick Santorum have spoken various locations around campus, including the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse.
The song American Pie (song) made its debut at Saint Joseph's University when Don McClean was opening for Laura Nyro on March 12, 1971 at the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse on campus.
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Famous quotes containing the words speakers and/or celebrities:
“The problems of society will also be the problems of the predominant language of that society. It is the carrier of its perceptions, its attitudes, and its goals, for through it, the speakers absorb entrenched attitudes. The guilt of English then must be recognized and appreciated before its continued use can be advocated.”
—Njabulo Ndebele (b. 1948)
“A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)