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Happy Hoosier

(9,635 posts)
6. Yes! He visits once in a while and...
Tue May 26, 2026, 02:57 PM
14 hrs ago

... donated a lot. The Letterman Communications Building is named for him.

This year, the actor Hugh Jackman visited 6 times or so, and gave the commencment address. His current partner was a visiting professor in the Theater and Dance Deprtment. He was very generous with his time and visited with the students in the both the Student Center and the Atrium (food court in the Arts and Journalism Building) for hours, signing autographs and taking selfies.

My wife is a Professor here and my daughter is a Senior.

It's a great school in a state with really crappy and evil leadership. Thanks fpr ypur note!

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Great news malaise 15 hrs ago #1
This was at my wife's university. Happy Hoosier 15 hrs ago #2
David Letterman's Alma Mater, too. Kid Berwyn 15 hrs ago #4
Yes! He visits once in a while and... Happy Hoosier 14 hrs ago #6
I love Indiana -- Hoosiers are great people! Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #17
Wabash alum here- We won the Monon Bell from DePauw last year. How's that for Indiana talk? NBachers 12 hrs ago #19
Letterman went to Ball State in Indiana! spanone 14 hrs ago #10
Does that mean the awful "president" had to pay out of his own pocket? muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #9
They probably have the "errors and omissions" insurance. FoxNewsSucks 13 hrs ago #13
The University paid it. Happy Hoosier 7 hrs ago #21
What she wrote about the late NAZI... Kid Berwyn 15 hrs ago #3
And that was grounds for firing her? bif 14 hrs ago #7
The right went absolutely crazy after Kirk was killed. They showed they have no concern about "free speech" at all muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #11
Imagine what they'd do to us? Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #15
Belatedly "Rec'd" erronis 13 hrs ago #16
Dingl. This. Kick. AllaN01Bear 15 hrs ago #5
If Kirk were such a messiah, why didn't he rise from the dead? GreenWave 14 hrs ago #8
Charlie who? twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #12
This racist jackass grifter: FoxNewsSucks 13 hrs ago #14
Good. mwmisses4289 13 hrs ago #18
"Significant disruption" means butt-hurt Nazi snowflakes going off on a crying screaming toddler tantrum. NBachers 12 hrs ago #20
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