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Students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld's Duke University graduation speech
A 25-second video shared to X showed students standing from their seats and walking out of Wallace …
Lauren Edmonds
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Jason Kelce defends his wife against hecklers over Butker's 'homemaker' speech, saying they both work and care for kids
Jason Kelce said he sees his wife as an equal partner, distancing himself from Harrison Butker, who…
Katie Balevic
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7 life lessons from this year's most memorable graduation speeches
Lin-Manuel Miranda Delivers Hunter College Commencement Address at Barclays Center on May 30.Dimitr…
Reena Koh
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A high school approved a student's graduation speech that was written by ChatGPT then he went majorly off script
Kenny Morales, a graduating senior in Nebraska, used ChatGPT to write a fake speech because he knew…
Aaron Mok
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8 controversial celebrity commencement speakers
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Talia Lakritz
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A 21-year-old had a stroke at graduation as a rare side effect of birth control. She wants people of all ages to know the signs and risk factors.
When college athlete Marissa Fattore woke up feeling "off" on graduation day, she dismissed it as n…
Serafina Kenny
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SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell explains the company's 'no a--hole' policy, which she says prevents a hostile work environment and allows big ideas to flourish
"These kinds of people - a--holes - interrupt others, they shut down or co-opt conversation, and th…
Kate Duffy
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Issa Rae quoted from rap song 'Wipe Me Down' to give life advice to graduates during her commencement speech at Stanford
Rae said lyrics like "Gas tank on E, but all dranks on me" shaped her worldview and urged the class…
Kim Renfro
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3 lessons from Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement speech 18 years ago that still resonate today
Apple's Steve Jobs gave an iconic speech at Stanford's commencement 18 years ago that shared storie…
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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A California principal was escorted out of a high-school graduation after he used his speech to talk about being fired
"I wanted to tell the kids why I left, so they would know I did not leave them, I did not turn my b…
Connor Perrett
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DeSantis calls Florida a 'citadel of freedom' in Iowa speech celebrating the state's book and pronoun bans
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at an event in Iowa on the same day former President Donald Trump h…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav gets booed during commencement speech: 'Pay your writers!'
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's commencement speech at Boston University was met with som…
Britney Nguyen
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Oklahoma school officials tried to rip a Native American student's sacred feather off her cap at graduation, lawsuit alleges
A Native American high school student in Oklahoma alleges that school officials damaged a sacred ea…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Watch Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian's funny and heartfelt commencement speech to the 2020 graduates: 'Any investment you make in the best people in your life right now will pay massive dividends.'
The internet entrepreneur spoke to the Johns Hopkins Class of 2020 in a virtual commencement addres…
Alexis Ohanian
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Michelle Obama tells the class of 2020 to 'focus' their anger into positive change during a virtual commencement address
"Anger is a powerful force. It can be a useful force," she said, acknowledging that current social …
Allana Akhtar
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21 valuable pieces of advice from the best graduation speeches of all time
"You inherit a world that has already proven that progress is possible," Bill and Melinda Gates wro…
Rachel Gillett,Richard Feloni,Erin McDowell
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These are the 10 most uplifting commencement messages celebrities and icons from Oprah Winfrey to Tom Hanks gave the class of 2020
In separate speeches, Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey both referred to the class of 2020 as the "chosen…
Darcy Schild
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'The world will be stronger than before:' Bill and Melinda Gates gave a commencement speech to students graduating into a COVID-19 world
Addressing the class of 2020, the Gates' said "these are not easy times. But we will get through th…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A judge ruled that a school district could bar a student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at graduation — but she did it anyway
Naomi Peña Villasano from Colorado wrote: "I will not allow my culture, heritage, and nationality t…
Bethany Dawson
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Legendary journalist Marty Baron offered critical advice for the next generation in his 20-minute Harvard commencement speech: 'We risk entering dangerous territory.
Under his leadership, Baron's newsrooms have won 17 Pulitzer Prizes. He was also the subject of Aca…