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Who knew when a little bundle of love was born on March 25, 1942 in Memphis, TN that she'd one day become the Queen of Soul??

…AND! AND!

She'd also become an honorary graduate from Princeton University with a doctorate!

It's true! Aretha Franklin was one of the six people to receive an honorary degree from the Ivy League university.

Stephen Oxman, the university's orator and trustee, presented the honor with great enthusiasm:

Tags: aretha franklin, berklee, college, doctorate, honorary, memphis, princeton, yale

Sad, Sad, Sad.

Marina Keegan was a young woman who saw possibilities everywhere she looked.

She had plans aplenty for after graduation but her ambitions were cut short by a fatal car accident only seven days after her Yale commencement.

She was an esteemed contributor to the Yale Daily News whose inspirational parting message wa published posthumously on Monday.

She daydreamed of her own future:

Tags: facebook, graduation, inspiration, marina keegan, yale

Given his schedule, we're surprised that he found time for this at all!

Although James Franco had been quietly dating actress Ahna O'Reilly since 2006, he revealed recently that due to his multiple studies and projects, and the amount of time he spends traveling between New York and Massachusetts, the pair ultimately chose to split up!

He explains:

Tags: ahna o reilly, break up, girlfriend, long distance, new york university, sad, split, yale

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson walking around Yale University with Jessica Alba and Cash Warren!

Apparently, the two men both graduated from the Ivy League school in 2001, and brought their significant others along for their ten year reunion!!

Small world!

Wonder if the ladies talked about THIS?! LOLz!

Tags: ivy league, sighting, ten year reunion, university, yale

So inspirational! We especially loved the Tom Hanks speech!

Check out the video above to see some of the wonderful celebrity commencement speeches for the newly graduated class of 2011!

Congrats, graduates!

Tags: celebrity, congrats, inspiration, speech, strong, video, wonderful, yale

We appreciate the warning, but, uh…duh? Ha!

A study from Yale University suggests that surgeons are more error prone and less efficient following a night of drinking than at other times.

Researchers invited 8 expert surgeons to a dinner party than asked them to drink until they felt blackout drunk intoxicated.

The next day, the surgeons performed a series of open heart surgeries simulated operations via a game of Operation virtual reality program.

Although it may work for most men, alcohol did not give the docs liquid courage on the operating table.

As late as 1 p.m., the surgeons made more errors during the procedure than they did while performing the same operation on the previous day, before drinking.

Even worse, the surgeons didn't even have any detectable BAC level, so we'd just like to ask any surgeons to refrain from drinking the night before! K, thanks!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: duh, heart, hungover, intoxicated, operations, research, study, yale

Check out the video (above) of James Franco talking about his upcoming Oscars hosting gig, as well as his nomination.

The studious actor claimed he wouldn't ditch his class at Yale to comment on his Best Actor nom for 127 Hours at The Today Show in NYC.

Let's just hope there are no lectures going on at Yale during the night of the Oscars, otherwise we might have to find another host.

Ha!

Tags: 127 hours, best actor, class, host, lectures, nomination, oscars, the today show, video, yale