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You are going to get tired of eeing me by the end of the day. Today not only mark the end of a journey for me it al o mark a big tep toward understanding the fascination that we a millennial - and even ome of our parent - are aware of: the craze surrounding memes in social media platform . For tho e of you who don't know, the cientific definition of a meme is a humorou image, video, piece of text etc., copied and pread rapidly by Internet users. I've always wondered what it would be like to meet a meme celebrity and today I am lucky enough to finally realize that dream with For1ner Vice Pre ident Joe Biden here. Anyway, I am truly honored to be tanding here· thi i be ond unbelievable. I could say this is a dream come true--butI would be lying--becau e I nevercoul have dreamed about one day graduating from an elite college in the U.S. let alone having the honor to be the cla peaker. We all hold our dreams as the innacle of our ought-after achievement , but ometime there are things so far beyond our reach an comprehen ion that we don't even dream about them. Many years ago I couldn't have even explained what the world out ide Kabul looked like. I came to the United States in 2008 to attend a boardin chool and all I had was a bag full of thrift store clothing, LL Bean boot , and prayer from my amily .( You decide which of the above you can't find in Kabul). People often a k how I got here, and I give the u ual tory of how 1 merel applied to boarding school and then to Colby, but deep down I till don't understand how I have een able to make it this far. There are thousands of young kids back home who probabl deserve to be here ten times more than I do, and the only way I can convince myself otherwise is t ough a simple story I often tell. When I was growing up in Kabul, there used to be a blind man who moved from mosque to mosque and would spend a couple days at each location. My parent would often pack whatever we had for lunch or dinner that day onto a plate and we would walk down to the mosque to give it to him. One day, when I went to pick up the plates from the mos ue, the man held my hand and said, ''may Allah bring true all your dreams and grant you a life full o success,'' and I often think to myself, maybe that is why I am standing right here in front of you. In life we are blessed by strangers, something I have learned to be true during my four years at Colby. When I first found out that I would be speaking, I thought to myself, this is going to be hard, es ecially since my first sentiment toward Colby was ''let me get this done so that I can et out of the reaking cold forever.'' But over time my sentiments began to change and develop in di ferent ways. But what has caused this change?

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Thank you. Thank you, thank you. thank you 1l1ank yciu vcl) much Thank yciu I think may he I ,hc>uld ,1t dc,,.,n n,1,.,. l\1r. President 1t', an honor to be here. And Enc Rosengren. chair c1f the b<,ard. Colh> tru,tcc,, c,pcc1,1lly my g,xxJ fncnd. Pete Rouw, C<>lby tru,tcc and-I mean 1h1 , I can r...y 1h1 \l.1thnu1 fear of contrad1ct1on-onc of the"' coun ls Lhat I thinJ... ever served as chief of ,taff to Lhc President of the n11ed S1a1c, <>f •\mcrica. Pete i, a man of incrcd1hlc pcrM>nal 1ntcgn1y. and a g,xxJ. good tnend I "'a fncnd wuh hi mom and dad; they helped me "'hen I Wal a 2 )e • old J...id announced through the cnatc to get elected and he ha, hcco1nc close friend, ,.,,th m> decca,ed s,,n, Beau 81dcn, and my M>n, ~lun1cr 81d n. Yc>ur tru tee from \l.'1lm1ng1on, Del. now living in Wa: hing1on, Robert Hoopes. I wan to acknowledge you. Roben. Thank you. My fcllow honoral) degree rec1p1cnt, and l\.1adam Pre 1dcn1 and \Ir. Pre 1dcn1 [Cla , of 2() I 7 co-pre ,d nt Carc>hne [>o,e itlld \1uheb E! mat) I ,e been to Kabul a number of tJme . for you IO con1plain about cold i, hy pocr1,y . I've never been ,o damned cold 1n 111> "'hole hie a, I "'"' 1n Kahul - alth,iugh n<>l a, much no". I acl.nc,11, Jedgc. ·fhanl >ou for chcm,ng u • thank you for choo<,1ng Colby, and plea~-1 mean th1 sincerely Mr. President [Esma1]--co111e bacJ.... come hack. We need you. "'c need you. And a1naz1ng Grace. Grace Dunn." here are you. Grace·, Goo love you child. I tell y<>u \I.hat I am ,(1. ,;,, prc1ud ,,f Cir.ice <,race Dunn And ladie, and gentlemen. 10 your honoree,. my congratula11on,. l\1y n10Lher, Grace. had an expre,,1on. She'd ,ay to me and I mean this ,1nccrcl}, ,he'd ,ay, "I _,,.,k 1n my eyes. honey." If h <;a1d JI 10 me ,,n e l !?l\C you m> \\Ord )Our courage, and y u're redee,ned b) your loyalty "

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Gracie. ,he didn't J...11011, you but ,he had you 1n mind Rcmen1hcr, rcmcmt>cr-you re defined hy y,1ur C<>Urage. You kno,, to all the proud olby mon1, and dad, here. congratulation,. ) 'ou·rc abc,ut to get a pay rJJSC-n<> 1u1uon nc t )Car \layt>c that' not quite true. But folks. your mom. dad. grandparent,, your family, made a lot of =rifice for yen to be here. so ,tand up and give them a cheer tand up. You know, Mr. Pre,1den1. I find con1inenccn1cnt ,pccchc, the n,0,1 dtflicult tc> g1,c I mean 11 ,,nccrcly. ,\nd the reason l do, 1 the faculty "'-') . "Herc 11,c go again. my I.5th commencement peech to hear," and the student<; say. "Hurry up ,nan we've got a party to go to." and the parent, ,ay. · ay ,c1111cth1ng n1can1ngful 111 Ju,uly 1ha1 tu1uon.• \\ ell, I'm g,nng to g,,c JI a tr) but Im n t un: Im capahle I'm inclined 10 do ,vhat a con11nencen1ent ,pcaker did the year 1ha1 Pete R,,u,c graduated lr<>m here ,n 196 nnd I graduated from )311, ...:hoof B,,h Hope \I.a the commencement peaJ..er at Georgeto\l.n un1,er<,1ty that year. It "a:, the ,niddle of the Vietnan, War. thing, ,, ere gelling \\(>r-e, and he ,tc><xl up al tcr re,<1gn1;ing ull the cclchnue and the faculty, and he turned and he loo cd 111 the tudent and he said. I ha, e one thing to "3) to you: don't go_· And he .sat do11,n . It was ma)be the 1110,1 ,nean,ngful ,pcech that 11,a, given that )Car at a c,,mmcn,cmcnt But) ou kno,,. the la.,, of' 17. you n1ade 11. I'm ,ure you arri,cd on th 1, campu, 11,c,nd nng "h.il the ne I r,,ur year "ere going be like, )OU "eren I quite ure "hat to expect And then, a fe\\ day later "hen the -,chool chucked }OU out into the ,vilderne,,. and tho,e fe,, day, of OOT-oh goo )OU'rc n1can up here-and. a "ct lccp1ng t>ag I mean. )OU really didn't lo " "hat to expect, I expect. But in tho four )CM> Colby h.c. not only come to feel like home for IIKht of) ou. I suspect. \\'atch1ng your face,. 11', hccomc family. It', c, en rcnec1cd ,n the "a) ) ,,u talk uh<.,u1 thi pla c Th tudcnt lead r "ho 100 ) ou out 1010 the\\ ood , your COOT mom and dad . "hen }OU came together on Sunda)' night to ,hare your liYe, "ith one another at Page Common,-that', n<>t ,,1n1c mandat,,ry n1cc11ng, l 111 told ,t' IOI') time And, )OU know. l often ,ay-a, Pete Rou,e ha, heard me a} man) nmc, the pr<>hlen1 that', going on ,n ongr no\\ 1 "edon1 tell tone toonennothcranymore. ound 111} hut I meitll it. \\"e don t kno" each other an>more. \\'hen you know ,omebody', ,nom ha, brca,1 cancer. or) ou knc1,, ,<1n1cb<xl) ·, dad iu,t !,, 1 h1, J<1h. ,1r) ,1u kn,,.,. that ) ,1u !?OI n I ter \\ ho 1 1ck, 11 m c II hard to di like that per,on ) 'ou get to under.tand and ..cc thetr humanJt). \\'e used to know those things in Congre,,. You J...no" 1ho,e thing, here, I ,u,pcct. fr,,m unda) n1gh1 And no,\ after l1sten1ng 10 your ,pcech. ~luheb. I finally understand all th(> c· ha htag, bc>ul y,,u )',,u·11 nc,cr forget the time )OU pent here hunkered do\\n \\Ith fnend and hoarding food o )OU \\ouldn t haYe to lea\'e the dorm dunng now,tor,ns. or reaching out 10 each other 10 get a hungry Jack ,,hen Dairy ("11nc l1nall) open el.l,h ,pring, ch nng on a hocl.:C) team that t>cat Bo.,.doin1-11"1ce But the thing that I hope }OU remember mot from your time here 1 the ethos at Colby that ,ought to ,n,1111 ,n each and e, cry one of) ou your sense of ohhga11,>n that you hear 111 on an thcr ~ 1nd1\1dual . ,\ culture ol mutual accountahilit). accountah1l1t) and canng. In other "ord . be a ~1ule. Be a ~lule. That's what it', all about.

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You kno". this past election C)clc churned up ,on1e of the ughc t rcahue, ,n ,,ur c,,untry 1h1cd d, cour,;c and real de hate !?a' c "a) t<> I coa.r-c t rhetonc and toking ol our darl,;e t emotion , I thought \\ e had pa.,\Cd the da} "here it 11,as acceptable for pollucian, at all Je,el, to he,to\\ lcgiumacy on hate ,pee-ch and fringe ,d~,,1c,g1e, c,cn 1f it .,.a,Ju th) their 1len,c. But. the "orld t changing >rapidly, there are a lot of foll.:, out there "ho are afratcl Good people_ We kno\\ globalizat1on ha.,n't been an unalloyed hcnefit for all comn1un111e, ,1rugghng t<> get hJ. People re t>c1ng d1 placcJ h) tcchnolog): ~loore La": the" hole nouon of d1g1tal1zauon. People are "orried. a lot of people are "omed. There', an overwhelming need for conunu1ng educauon. Tho,c of )OU grJdua11ng, c,en ,n the -.c1cncc . \l.1th1n the next 1.5 )C'af> )Ou·re going 10 ha,c to he re-educatcd-)OU c-an be an a troph} ici t-\0 much i. going to change. So much is going to happen . To keep pace "'1th your profe,,1on ) ou re going to ha, e 111 ct1nt1nuall), C<>nunuall), t>c rc•cdu,ateu to keep up, c\ lot ol p..-ople <llll there kno11, the) ha, e to do that "ithout an) capac1t) to do iL don·t !..no" ho"' to get b)'. We aw how playing to their fears and appealing to their t>a,cr 1n,1in,1,-rJthcr than their heller 3ngcl a, l.1n,oln talked abc,ut-<:an till t>c, a1 lca t tcmporanly. po"-erful in politic . \\'e -.a" ho11, appeal to the force of populi,m can toke an:..iety and seek to blame the trouble, of a rap1dl) changing "11rld on "he c,thcr.• It' al,, 3) the out 1dcr. ·1 ,, ,,uldn t ha, e lo t m) j<>h but for . The rea.son Im not doing "ell ... The imrrugrant. the nunority·. the traru.gender. An) one not like "n1e" becan1e a scapegoat. There', a reason 1'1n falling behind." hy I can't get a job." nd I imagine for many of yt>U, -...:e1ng th, unf,,ld "'a ,n redibly d,sonentJng. a d1 heartening e,pcrience. It "as for me and man). man) Americans all across Lhe countr). nd 11', under,tandablc Bui I a.,,ure you 11·, 1cmporoll). I a ,urc )OU 11 1ran,11ory The ,\mcnc'lln petipfe "111 not u,wn th1 attitude. And now i the ti,ne for engaged leader;h1p. o you have to hold. ) ou ha, c 10 ht1ld on 10 the C11lhy mentaht) on,c ) ou lea,e campu . B.xausc 11 "111 not only scr- e } ou "ell. 11 "ill scr-e our natJon \\ell-and that i. not h)-perbole. I mean that literally . You have to be responsible 10 J01n in the cease le,, "ork of perfecting a more perfect union "\\ e hold these truth clt-c, 1dent that all men are created equal. that they are endo.,.ed b) thetr Creator" ith certain inalienable rights." We say tho e things. But think about,, hat define, u, a, American,. ) ou cannot dcline an mcncan based on their ethn1.:it). )"ou cannot define an mencan based on religion. You cannot define America by 3D) thing other than an inherent acceptance of the nouon;, contained "1th in our 1n,111u11onal tructure, "\\'e h<>ld the,e truth, sell-e, tdcnt that all men arc created equal." \\'e don·1 al" a), practJce 11. but "e lcno,, that' "hy \\e belong. no maner "'here .,..e come from. It' been a long. long climb--an uphill climb--to make It real: ,, c're no11, here near making it real ) ct. \\'e ha, en t af 11, 3), It, cd up to our ,deal . \\'ere re pected around the \\Orld not because of the exercise of our po"er but the po"er of our example. That's wh) we're "ho "e are But, it's e pecially in moments" here the 11,orld i, 1n d1,a.rray and our poluic, ,, ,n chao, ,, hen there 1, a 1emptauon to d1,cngagc. to thro" our hand, up. That' "'hen JL more imponan1 for u~ to return to the basic principle . That's \\-ben we have to show that our ideal;, remain undimmed. and 11 ,ull matters to u, a., Amencan,. It ,ound, corny. But it', reall) true. 11 ·, really true For me it goe, bacJ... to something m} father taught me . 1y father used to say--and I mean it. thi is not a joke. My father ,vas a graceful, high , hool-educated man. ,,ho ,, a, ,,ell-read and a trul) decent man. nd he used to '3). "Joey. e, ery. e, ery, e, el) man "'oman and child is to be treated "ith re pect and deser-·e to be treated with dignity." My father would never ,vaJk by son1eoae begging. I'd ay. "Dad. but he', only going to u,e 1110 go out and drink." He ,aid. "Do you think tf he had any choice he'd be tanding here doing anything else than begging?" they're entitled 10 be treated with dignity .

o matter ,,·ho it is.

It goes to the very heart of what it 1neans. [ think. 10 be an American. The right to dignity 1, ,, hat underg1rds the,e ,elf-e, ,dent truth "e aJ"·ay, talk. about. FUilhermore. "hen \\e treat people" ith dignit). \\hen .,..e equip them 11,'ith tbe ability to care for their fa.mi lies and n1aintain their dignity. it's harder for the politic, of fear 10 find a home. o today I ,,ant to talk to you about the imponance of keeping dignity at the center of our ociet) and at the center of your life as you go out into the world. Folks, each of you has respon ibility-you all Jcno11, it. you've been taught it here and you·,e been taught JI before )OU came here-to treat people ,,·ith dignit) . You demand it for yourselves: you demand that you be treated that " 'ay_ And all of us-all of us-have to do better when it con1es to building Lhe bond, of en1pathy. That folks" ho aren't like us can k.no" \\'e understand them. Life can't be lived in this self-referential, self-reinforcing. self-righteous echo chamber we',e built for oursel,es on line. Li,·ing in our screens encourages shaJlo" and anti eptic relation hips that make it easy to reduce others to tereot)-pes. To write another human being off as a bad person rather than someone" ho just made a really bad decision . The person on the other side of the negotiating table. the other ide of the political debate; a person who doesn't look like you, who lives in a community you've never visited, a per on who ha a different background or religion than yours_ They're not some flauened version of humanit). reducible to a collection of pans and attribute . They're a whole person. flawed, struggling to make it in the world just like you. You have to work to ascribe to your oppo ition the same emotional complexity you find in yourself that you poses .

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Dear Jane , Congratulations! You have worked hard for this day and we couldn't be more proud of you. We are excited for you to begin veterinary school and to keep following your dreams! All our love , Dad , Mom Martha, & Peter The best things in life are the people you love, the places you have seen , and the memories you make along the way.

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As we write the e word to celebrate your graduation and achievements, we reflect upon the per on that you are and the time that we are fortunate to share \.Vith you. You have unapologetically cho en a path. As you pass another mile tone and continue on your Journey. do not forget what you have learned. Ob tacle blocked }'Our pathv,ay and you succes fully confronted adver it). You tood tall, firrti, and resolute; through your will and dete11111nation ou ha e triumphed. You discovered }Ourself, developed our character. You are an amazing and accomplished man: industrious, generou . caring, and thoughtful of others. Despite your incredible attribute and ucce you have ne er ""avered in your Faith and our lo e and commitment to God and family. Continue on }Our path and alv ays pursue your dream ; do not let }Our perseverance and dedication waver. A you move forv.ard, remember to enjoy the pre ent. Time i illusory, icious in its ability to pas \.\ithout notice. On the rare occasion, time yield an elu i,·e moment: ublime and transcendent. lt is fleeting: ,ou may not recognize 1t i happening until long after it has pas ed. Li e in the now, enjo} the pre ent, and grasp the moment. These fev , precious momen create a blaze of memor1e radiating }'Our pathway for you to enjoy your Journey. The time we hare ,vith you gives us many pecial moments. Our path,.,..ay are illuminated , ith memories of you: }OU brighten our joume,s. ''Be happy for th1 moment. This moment is your life." (Omar Khayyam)

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Joe, we are so proud of you! Love, Tom, Dad and Mom

Always remember you are BRAVER than you believe , STRONGER than you seem , SMARTER than you think and LOVED more than you know! Congratulations , you did it!!! Love, Mom and Dad GO MULES!!

We are so proud of you ToddCongratulations! This is just the beginning of what we KNOW will be an exciting life on and off the sea! We love you. Mom and Dad

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It has been a blast watching you guys play together. Such a special group! We wish you all the very best in your incredibly bright futures ahead of you. Thanks for the awesome memories. We look forward to enjoying more good times ahead with all these families. Special shout to our number one fan Konnor. Mules forever. Hee Haw! With love from the parents of the Bartlett Street boys.

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eanor ane Scholar, athlete, cat whisperer ... Congratulations to you and to the Colby College Class of 2017 Love, Mommy, Daddy, Henry, Maggie & Arwen

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