News and Information | News: "But today isn�t about how my presence here devalues this fine institution. It is about you, the graduates. I�m honored to be here to congratulate you today. Today is the day you enter into the real world, and I should give you a few pointers on what it is. It�s actually not that different from the environment here. The biggest difference is you will now be paying for things, and the real world is not surrounded by three-foot brick wall. And the real world is not a restoration. If you see people in the real world making bricks out of straw and water, those people are not colonial re-enactors�they are poor. Help them."