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Marino tells Tyson tale for Chronicle

By David Gonnerman '90
June 3, 2009

"It was a strange day," writes St. Olaf Professor of Philosophy Gordon Marino in the Chronicle of Higher Education. "Before I knew it I was lecturing [Mike Tyson] that he should bury the acts of self-degradation. Tyson listened politely, laughed, and replied, 'Cus [his old trainer] always taught me, you have to put on a show, you have to put fannies in the seats.'

"Like some philosophy professor with elbow patches on his sport coat, I assured Tyson that with his fistic talents he didn't need to talk about eating his opponent's children and so on. He laughed and said, 'You just don't get how it works, Gordon.'"

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.