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Congratulations Graduates!
Scenes from Commencement
May 28 in Goodman Stadium.
ABC-TV news correspondent
Catherine Crier was the
speaker and posed with
senior class officers (from
left): Julie E. Gayle,
president; Hannah G. Lee,
vice president; Shanon M.
Jeffries, treasurer; Amy E.
Troxell, secretary,
photos by Joe Ryan
Graduates urged to serve
ABC news correspondent Catherine Crier, speaker at
Lehigh's 127th Commencement Sunday (May 28) in
Goodman Stadium, admitted she could understand
graduates thinking that in a cynical world, most
graduation speeches ring hollow and that the best
approach after college is to "grab your piece and let the
devil take the hindmost."
But the former Texas trial judge and civil litigation
attorney confessed that, despite working in the rather
cutthroat careers of law and journalism, she remains an
unabashed idealist who believes each individual can make
a difference.
"Success comes from deep within us, from a
commitment to service," Crier told the 1,130 graduates.
"Now I'm not suggesting that everyone run off and join
the Peace Corps, but rather that we re-think the need to
participate. Each of us needs to be willing to take on
responsibility."
Crier said today's problems in the world, including
insecurity about the future and mistrust of leaders, are
reminiscent of the 1960s. While dismissing many of that
decade's fringe elements, Crier said many people in the
'60s did find ways to participate in small ways.
Crier said her work as a judge showed her the power of
an individual coming before her court. And as a broadcast
journalist, she learned ofthe power of individuals to
change the world from common-man leaders like Lech
Walesa (of Poland) and Vaclav Havel (of the Czech
Republic).
A journalist for only six years, Crier marveled at the
changes during that time in China, the former Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe. In each case, she said, change
came about not because of the workings of giant
institutions or governments, but rather because
individuals "understood the phrase 'carpe diem,' or 'seize
the day,' believed in their dreams and acted upon them."
So in today's degenerating society, in which this
nation's Democrats say the solution is to build up
government while the Republicans say the solution is to
tear it down, Crier urged graduates to remember that
"democracy is a contact sport."
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