A lot of famous people passed through Ithaca, New York this year, but only ten made our list as the most interesting, intriguing, and enlightening visitors of 2009.
The famous co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington spoke at Ithaca College as a part of the Park School's Distinguished Visitor Series.
Girish Karnad, one of India's foremost living playwrights, visited Ithaca College from October 26-29. In addition to giving several lectures, a reading of his play Hayavadana was put on by members of the IC English and Theater departments.
Serving as the keynote speaker for the Difficult Dialogues Symposium, Mark Ellis came to IC to initiate discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Rolling Stone political writer and renegade journalist, Matt Taibbi spoke to Ithaca College journalism students about his unconventional and often unethical journalistic practices.
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