The potential first ever male First Lady is coming to a campus near you. Very near you. This one, in fact (and not Drexel).

It seems somewhat more than a coincidence that President Clinton plans to come to campus just as it appears that the Pennsylvania primary might actually count. And he’s talking on a race thing, apparently. No, nothing to do with an election at all. He is, after all, the nation’s first black president.

Personally, I’d love to go hear him speak. I’ll be queuing for my ticket early. He is a terrific speaker and I thought he was a great (if not great, then very good) president and I’m interested in what he has to say. I also want to tell my grandkids that I saw Bill Clinton speak. I have absolutely no interest in being able to say the same time about his predecessor or his successor. Do any of you feel that way too?

I like that Penn is getting a round of decent speakers for a change. After Jodie Foster’s Eminem moment (see below), I feared that we would be the Ivy with the crappy speakers.

But this year, we have escaped (or more like laughingly stepped around) the awesome and tasty spectre of Emeril Lagasse). This year we have Karl Rove bravely facing a hostile liberal college crowd. We have Bill Clinton on the way and the commencement speaker for this year, Michael Bloomberg. For once, we kick Princeton’s and Harvard’s asses.

However, I think the timing of President Clinton’s speech has not much to do with the election at all - for all I know this could have been scheduled months ago. However, one thing was certain months ago - that OCR was going to be happening around about now. And that means one thing: female intern season.

P.S. To the Secret Service agents reading this article- I mean what I say, I love the guy. Also, when I come through the doors to watch President Clinton, I may well be sporting a fashionable beard. This does not render me a different person. Please leave me alone and try to resist the urge to strip search me. Thank you.

Tags: Bill Clinton, commencement, interns

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