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Bill Clinton to visit Liacouras Center in April

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A new fundraising lecture series hosted by the Temple University Law Foundation will start on April 10 at 5 p.m. with former President Bill Clinton as the program’s first guest speaker. Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is to moderate a question-and-answer discussion afterward. Tickets for the event range between $40 to $100.

According to the Beasley School of Law, the series is intended to “[benefit] student scholarships and the Barrack Public Interest Fellowship Program.” Clinton will be the ninth president to speak at the University, following John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry S. Truman and more.

Bill Clinton to visit North Broad Street

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With the upcoming election around the corner, College Democrats are hosting a rally in support of Mayor Michael Nutter with former President Bill Clinton as a special guest.

The rally will be held in Mitten Hall on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 2:30 p.m., and is open to all students.

For more information, all interested are encouraged to attend the upcoming College Democrats meetings, the dates and locations of which can be found here.

Philadelphia welcomes a former and sitting president

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As previously reported on Broad & Cecil, former President Bill Clinton will be stopping by Main Campus tonight (Thursday, Oct. 28) to campaign for and with Pennsylvania Democratic senatorial candidate Joe Sestak. The event will be held at the Bell Tower at 8 p.m.

According to The Associated Press, gubernatorial nominee Dan Onorato will appear alongside the former president. Clinton will begin in Erie, Pa., this morning and is on the Pennsylvania trail campaigning in preparation for the Nov. 2 midterm elections.

In other news: After appearing on “The Daily Show” last night, President Barack Obama will return to Philadelphia Saturday. He was last in town Oct. 10 at the Robert Fulton Elementary School in Germantown alongside Philly band, The Roots.

Be sure to check in with temple-news.com for event coverage.

Spielberg awarded Liberty Medal Award

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Film director Steven Spielberg became the 20th recipient of the Liberty Medal Award last night at National Constitution Center.

The 90-minute ceremony was held outside on the front court facing the Independence Hall. This year’s theme was “Visions of Liberty,” honored Spielberg was for his work in capturing the plight of human suffering in movies like the Schindler’s List, and The Color Purple. Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in The Color Purple and was later nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in it, shared about her work with Spielberg.

Former President Bill Clinton, who serves as chairman of the Constitution Center, presented the shiny medal to Spielberg as the audience of several hundred people gave the standing ovation to the filmmaker.

It looked like Governor Ed Rendell still had work to do seconds before he gave speech as he was seen nervously jutting down some notes. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter opened the 2009 ceremony calling Spielberg as the “ambassador of hope.”