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Commence] From College Press Service Around the nation, 1994 graduates have been offered words of advice, encouragement and cajolement by commencement speakers. Yet at both Bard College and East Stroudsburg University, the commencement speakers didn't speak at all. Instead, they di'd what they did best - perform. At Bard, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma played a selection by Bach, while at East Stroudsburg, Grammy-award winner Phil Woods offered students a sampling of his original jazz compositions. The following are excerpts of com mencement speeches delivered this graduation season: James EarlJones, Actor New York University, May 12,1994 For all of you, the drama of your _ -1 rll I J l_ . _ _ I _ _ wonc win De anven Dy lecnnoiogy. You are facing new worlds of technology so fast that if they don't throw you into a catatonic fit, they will challenge your imagination just to keep up and threaten to overwhelm your | 10 tans i Mnnfh <2 iiriv/iiif I %JJ ? 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You have to separate yourself from the 10,000 things that are expected of you and concentrate on something one day at a time.. And when you're demoralized, with no hope in your heart and a pint of Hagen Daaz in your stomach, crawl over to the box of junk you never quite organized, pull out your diploma and remember the best clue TAN $29 f|| >39 J | by 8-31-94 M i ons- X 519 Meeting Street ? W.Columbia ? Across From McDonald's 794-9100 4 3-8, Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-4 ^ in? . Sfev- f p ie- - ;> 111 ^available ^ > chance to h of all.If you made it through this place, you can do anything. Ted Koppel, Television Journalist Catholic University, May 14,1994 You won't be surprised to learn that there is not a great deal of room "Wp f\r\xxr cnmmnnirotp rr v, ix w tv v* vy IXAXXI V4 111 vU VV with everyone and say absolutely nothing. We have reconstructed the Tower of Babel, and it is a television antenna." Ted Koppel Television Journalist e on television for complexity. We have v learned, for example, that your at- t tention span is brief. We should f know. We helped make it that way... ^ In the place of truth, we have dis- s covered facts. For moral absolutes, c we have substituted moral ambigui- t ty. We now communicate with everyfMedColorl [ { latoo J y art cosmetic medical ft 0 -Tatoo and Scar Removal- ft g y Sterile technique guaranteed ft P ft Specializing in removable, ft I ft fading tatoos ft [ ft lasting 3 to 5 years ft L ft one hour drive on 1-20 to Augusta V [ ft (706) 860-8899 \ I ft^byappointment^ r t fever ! idge: t?y/5=r?* I A/atermark Place L 79-2373 r new management ear words < me and say absolutely nothing. We lave reconstructed the Tower of Ba>el, and it is a television antenna; a housand voices producing a daily jarody of democracy in which everyrne's opinion is afforded equal veight regardless of substance of nerit...There have always been im>erfect role models, false gods of ma enal success and shallow lame. But tow their influence is magnified by elevision. I caution you, as one who lerforms daily on that flickering alar, to set your sights beyond what ou can see. loss Perot, vrmer Presidential Candidate ioston University, May 22,1994 We're coming out of the "me" geniration. I hope as you come into the wrld out of school, we're going ino the "we" generation because if >eople are selhsh, society doesn t vork. All through life, just ask yourelf, does it work? No, selfishness loesn't work. It's as old as the hisory of man. Our generation, the "me" genera Bring your Ro |Bi1 . Columbia' Bedroom Ap Minutes frc j? Riverviei | ,TBn Fireplaces Tennis Court Jacuuzi Aerobic Classes JfN Garages Available I/J and Mw M ^Riverview M 4501 Bentley Drive (^ l Columbia, SC 29210 of wisdom tion, has dug a deep hole for you to fill and you say, gee, are we going to have to fill it? The answer is yes, an<J you say why? Because it's there. We'll all have to get busy and fill it together. Colin L. Powell, Retired General Howard University, May 14, 1994 Some say that by hosting control versial speakers who shock our sensibilities, Howard is in some way promoting or endorsing their message. Not at all. Howard has helped put their message in perspective while protecting their right to be heard. So that the message can be exposed to the full daylight... But for this freedom to hear all views, you bear a burden to sort out wisdom from foolishness. There is utter foolishness, evil and danger in the message of hatred, or of condoning violence, however cleverly . the message or entertainingly it fc presented. We must find nothing to stand up and cheer about or applaud in a message of racial or ethnic hatred. im Nautilus Room Vf Carwash JI jM oh More! K ^ nM / JI I Hons: Take 1-26 from downtown and turn* into Greystone Boulevard. Continue to 9j||| River Road and turn right. Follow to ^^1 :y unrve onu iurn leii. i ne tmrance 10 m 'iew is at the end of Bentfey Drive. 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