Tv. Org and click on the in depth tab near the top of the page. I didnt have to say anything. You are a welltrained bunch. It afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. That afternoon and welcome to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and education center. My name is lillian gerstner, and as director of Public Programs i get this privilege on a regular basis. We thank you so much for being here with us today. We hope you will return on other occasions. Usually i play a game with her audience and i will do it very quickly. Is this your first visit . Please raise your hand. Rate it higher so i can see. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Over here. Over there. Our presenter must thank you. In the interest of equality so that the rest of you can exercise one of your arms, if you are a regular, if you attend programs all the time, if you are one of our members please raise your hand. Thank you sos much. Thank you. The folks who raised your hand the first time around please dont take my word for it alone. Ask
Today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. This morning, the first author that i will be introducing nonother than dave barry. Lets give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just cant do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city, his first adult novel in more than a decade. He is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and its pretty cool. Like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. In our next author is roy blount. Come on out and lets give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. He has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the Pittsburgh Steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist
There he found an exclusive campus he. It he resented it as an undergraduate and came to resent it as a professor there. He then became president of the college. And it was at this time he decided now i have the ability to change what this college is. Wilsons predecessor in the presidency of princeton was a man who used to brag he ran the finest country club in america. [laughter] he did. There was no question about it. It was an enclave for the sons of the very, very rich. Wilson tried to tear that down. It was in doing that, he began writing about what he was doing and speaking about what he was doing. This is how the most immediate oric rise in American History occurred. People began to look at wilson, who used the princeton campus as a great metaphor for america. He believed Higher Education should be the great catapult for people. Anybody from any class in a country that has no classes but in such a country, anybody who is educate and works hard should be able to leapfrog. It shou
Cover story, and then on to the rescue at sea of captain phillips, captured by somali pirates, and freed by navy seals. His story is now being reeled to in a prand new film. An unknown spally american with no real acting experience takes on a two time oscar winner in a new movie about the hijacking of a u. S. Cargo ship. Nobody even though thigh are some of the skiniest human beings youve ever seen theyre physically imposing. Were you aparade . I was afraid the whole time, yes. An american captain at the mercy of pirates. Get down and an island gem rich in treasures this morning. Just off the georgia coast, theres a Beautiful Island where wild horses race beside a mansion, the ghost gilded age grandeur. You cant help but wonder about ho such a place and who lives there, including a woman. I found a horse in back of the sand do you knows on a christmas walk in white just like this. A visit to Cumberland Island later on sunday morning. Charles a puefkal show on broadway about Janice Jopl
Jews in europe, and how many were complicit. Its the sunday morning cover story, and then on to the rescue at sea of captain phillips, captured by somali pirates, and freed by navy seals. His story is now being reeled to in a prand new film. An unknown spally american with no real acting experience takes on a two time oscar winner in a new movie about the hijacking of a u. S. Cargo ship. Nobody even though thigh are some of the skiniest human beings youve ever seen theyre physically imposing. Were you aparade . I was afraid the whole time, yes. An american captain at the mercy of pirates. Get down and an island gem rich in treasures this morning. Just off the georgia coast, theres a Beautiful Island where wild horses race beside a mansion, the ghost gilded age grandeur. You cant help but wonder about ho such a place and who lives there, including a woman. I found a horse in back of the sand do you knows on a christmas walk in white just like this. A visit to Cumberland Island later on