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Monday, May 17, 2021 - 9:06 am CLINTON - Chad Varney, Potsdam, was named the recipient of The Michael Maslyn 01 Memorial Prize Scholarship at Hamilton Colleges annual Class & Charter Day. The outdoor, socially-distanced ceremony was held on May 11. Established in 1950, the event combines the traditional Class Day celebrating the end of classes with a commemoration of the granting of Colleges charter on May 26, 1812. The Michael Maslyn 01 Memorial Prize Scholarship is awarde...

Noah spoke to 2021 Princeton University graduates for Class Day on May 15.

For example, Noah explained that as a comedian, if hes trying to tell a joke that may come off the wrong way, then he will spend more time cleaning up what he likes to call "the target of the joke" in order to "minimize the risk." "What I do know is comedy, not just professional comedy but even between human beings, interpersonal comedy, is all contextual," he says. "You can say something Morgan to your friends that a stranger could never say to you because you have the context of your friendsh...

Noah spoke to 2021 Princeton University graduates for Class Day on May 15.

For example, Noah explained that as a comedian, if hes trying to tell a joke that may come off the wrong way, then he will spend more time cleaning up what he likes to call "the target of the joke" in order to "minimize the risk." "What I do know is comedy, not just professional comedy but even between human beings, interpersonal comedy, is all contextual," he says. "You can say something Morgan to your friends that a stranger could never say to you because you have the context of your friendsh...

Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications May 15, 2021 8:30 p.m. At Princeton’s virtual Class Day ceremony on Saturday, May 15, author, comedian and host of “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah urged seniors to foster friendships that create “home” wherever they are, to travel to challenge their worldview and to not let the lessons of compassion learned in the pandemic recede into history. “Comedy for me has always been that place where we can talk about the uncomfortable truths," Trevor Noah, ...

Members of Princeton University’s Class of 2021 celebrated the end of their undergraduate careers with a virtual Class Day ceremony honoring their achievements and leadership.

Seven major buildings on the Ivy League campus were lit orange.

by the Office of Communications May 13, 2021 noon Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications Princeton University is celebrating the accomplishments of its undergraduate and graduate degree candidates at year-end events on Saturday and Sunday, May 15-16. All events will be streamed on the University homepage. The virtual Baccalaureate service will broadcast at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15. The speaker will be Prairie View A&M University President Ruth J. Simmons, who previously served as presiden...

After outcry, Gardiner-area school board OKs honoring high school’s top 10 graduating seniors Students and families began speaking out about a year-old decision to eliminate the top 10 rankings, prompting Wednesday nights emergency meeting and reversal of a policy included in the student handbook for the 2020-21 school year. Share GARDINER — With graduation approaching, Gardiner Area High School seniors and their families began to speak out recently about a decision reached a year ago that...