1995 Duke Yearlook (Senior Edition) / Cable 13 Videotapes, 1976-2009 / Duke Digital Repository

(upbeat music)

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♪ These are the days ♪

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♪ These are days we'll remember ♪

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♪ Never before and never since ♪

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♪ I promise ♪

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♪ Will the whole world be as warm as this ♪

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♪ And as you feel it ♪

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♪ You'll know it's true ♪

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♪ That you are blessed and lucky ♪

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♪ It's true that you ♪

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♪ Are touched by something ♪

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♪ That will grow in you, in you ♪

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♪ These are days you'll remember ♪

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I think that Oktoberfest is one of those memories of Duke

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that I'll always have,

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except for it rained a couple of years, hence this one,

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but this one will be the one that I'll remember.

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Hi mom!

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It's not just a job.

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We've been ratted.

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The heat is up for a bunch of muscular dystrophy, come on.

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(upbeat music)

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It makes a good watch.

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♪ That you are touched by something ♪

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♪ That will grow and bloom in you ♪

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Funnel cakes are really tasty.

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We had much beer, we had much sunshine, it was good,

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we had boxing, we had food.

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What more can you ask for?

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My parent paying for stuff, the number one answer.

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I'll miss paying for food with a little card.

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I'm going to miss days like this,

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where you can just walk out on the quad,

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and hang out, and all your friends are right there.

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I will not miss being (indistinct) at three in the morning.

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Don't be premed.

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Don't be pre-anything.

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I've only now just realized how great

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these four years have been.

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Like today, October 7th.

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Enjoy it while you can, because it's ending soon.

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I would also be really sad to leave behind

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the Gothic Wonderland,

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because there's a lot of working as hard as you can

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and being the best you can be,

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but also partying and hanging out,

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and I don't think there'll ever be a time in my life

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when I'll be able to bond with people

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in quite the way that I did here.

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(energetic brass band music)

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(court shoes squeaking)

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(crowd chattering)

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(whistle blows)

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(group chattering)

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(whistle blows)

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(energetic brass band music continues)

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(crowd applauding)

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(TV commentator is drowned out by cheering)

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Andi Melde had the ball in the center of the field

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and sent a through ball to Kari Juncker,

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who took it down a little bit on the left side

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and crossed the most amazing, beautiful ball I've ever seen.

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(energetic brass band music continues)

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I said many times before that

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if they could get that little bit of doubt

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out of their mind,

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just maybe, just maybe with a with an outstanding effort,

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they could win this game.

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This tops, everything.

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It's just the best feeling I've ever felt

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in the whole world.

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It's Duke football,

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you've got to be psyched for Duke football, you know.

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It's good to see a great turnout here.

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Everyone's here, and it's packed,

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and we can't even get tickets.

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(upbeat music)

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♪ Party-people ♪

♪ Yeah, Tag Team music in full effect ♪

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♪ That's me, DC the Brain Supreme, and my man Steve Roll'n ♪

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♪ We're kickin' the flow, we're kickin' the flow ♪

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♪ And it goes a little something like this ♪

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♪ Tag Team, back again ♪

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♪ Check it to wreck it, let's begin ♪

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♪ Party on, party people, let me hear some noise ♪

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♪ DC's in the house, jump, jump, rejoice ♪

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♪ Says there's a party over here, a party over there ♪

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♪ Wave your hands in the air, shake the derriere ♪

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♪ These three words mean you're gettin' busy ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is, hit me ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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I'm trying to make a statement.

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Upside down and inside out ♪

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♪ I'm 'bout to show all you folks what it's all about ♪

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♪ Now it's time for a nigga to get on the mic ♪

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♪ And make this party hype ♪

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♪ I'm takin' it back to the old school ♪

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♪ 'Cause I'm an old fool who's so cool ♪

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♪ If you wanna get down, I'mma show you the way ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Let me hear you say ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Come on, y'all ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ A little louder ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Come on, y'all ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Louder ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Come on, y'all ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ A little louder ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Come on, y'all ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoomp ♪

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♪ Shaka-laka-shaka-laka shaka-laka shaka ♪

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♪ Whoomp ♪

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♪ Shaka-laka-shaka-laka shaka-laka shaka ♪

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♪ Whoomp ♪

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♪ Shaka-laka-shaka-laka shaka-laka shaka ♪

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♪ Whoomp ♪

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♪ Shaka-laka-shaka-laka shaka-laka shaka ♪

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♪ Point blank, gin and juice I drink ♪

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♪ And then invent as I puff on dank ♪

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♪ Rock the mic, uh oh, I crave skin ♪

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♪ Rip sh--, find a honey dip to dip it in ♪

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♪ Slam dunk it, stick it, flip it and ride ♪

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♪ That B-double-O-T-Y, oh my ♪

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♪ Ooh, that's it, come on, come on ♪

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♪ Whoomp, there it is ♪

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♪ I'm done ♪

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This is my first game watching Duke football,

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I'm very impressed.

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We're at half time, a little bit behind West Virginia,

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but I hope Duke pulls it out.

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♪ Whoop, there it is ♪

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♪ Whoop there it is ♪

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Get on the pile, baby, come on.

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We all Virginia.

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(upbeat music continues)

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♪ Whoop, there it is ♪

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♪ Some say I'm crazy 'cause I'm pushing up daises ♪

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Whoo! We're going bowling, we're going bowling.

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♪ Amazing, outstanding, demanding ♪

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♪ Commanding, you people dancing ♪

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This is the biggest win I've been a part of here at Duke.

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I mean, this is a great opportunity for us.

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It makes us believe.

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♪ Can you dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ Can y'all dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ Can you dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ Can y'all dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ Can you dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ Can y'all dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ Can you dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ Can y'all dig it? We can dig it! ♪

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♪ W-H-double O-M-P as I flow ♪

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♪ To the fly sh-- from the school of old ♪

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♪ Hard core, keep' the folklore wrecked ♪

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♪ 3 to the 2 and 1, mic check ♪

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♪ Mad skill, flow ill, on the mess of steel ♪

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♪ That's the grille of the microphone I just killed ♪

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You hear people actually saying Duke can win some games.

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Miraculous, even, I don't know.

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It's great, it's wonderful, I love it!

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Okay, this is our annual fundraiser to raise money

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for the sight conservation for the blind foundation.

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(upbeat music)

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(whistle blows)

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(crowd cheers)

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♪ I wear tight clothing, high heeled shoes ♪

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♪ It doesn't mean that I'm a prostitute no, no! ♪

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♪ I like rap music, wear hip-hop clothes ♪

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Duke is an innovative place.

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Yes.

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(upbeat music continues)

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♪ Oh my, forgive me for having straight hair ♪

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♪ No, it doesn't mean there's another blood in my heir, ♪

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♪ Yeah, yeah! ♪

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♪ I might date another race or color ♪

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♪ It doesn't mean I don't like my strong black brothers ♪

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(graceful music)

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On behalf of the South Asian Association

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of Duke University,

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we'd like to proudly welcome you

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to our annual celebration of Diwali, Festival of Lights.

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(energetic music continues)

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♪ Free your mind ♪

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♪ And the rest will follow ♪

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♪ Be color-blind ♪

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♪ Don't be so shallow ♪

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♪ Free your mind ♪

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♪ And the rest will follow ♪

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♪ Be color-blind ♪

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♪ Don't be so shallow ♪

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(crowd cheering)

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♪ So I'm a sista ♪

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♪ Buy things with cash ♪

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♪ That really doesn't mean that all my credit's bad ♪

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Can you do it like this?

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(feet tapping)

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♪ So why dispute me and waste my time ♪

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♪ Because you really think the price is high for me ♪

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♪ I can't look without being watched, no ♪

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♪ You rang my buy before I made up my mind ♪

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♪ Oh now attitude ♪

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♪ Why even bother ♪

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♪ I can't change your mind ♪

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♪ You can't change my color ♪

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(acapella singing)

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♪ At first I was afraid ♪

♪ I was petrified ♪

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♪ Kept thinking I could never live ♪

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♪ Without you by my side ♪

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♪ I've given you sunlight ♪

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♪ I've given you rain ♪

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♪ Looks like you're not happy ♪

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♪ 'Less I open a vein ♪

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So we gather today to recognize the results

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of one such demonstration of this university's initiative,

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with the dedication of the Terry Sanford Institute.

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I am pleased to give this key to this facility,

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to our leader, our supporter, and our friend,

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Terry Sanford.

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(audience applauding)

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I believe life is nothing if you're not obsessed.

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They took me to New York to NBC studios to be on the show,

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and I remember walking in and thinking,

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"Oh my God, it's a lie."

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You know, there's five Howdy Doody puppets,

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the camera's blocking the stage,

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I can't even see, Buffalo Bob's mean to me.

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It's all a big lie,

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and this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

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(crowd laughing)

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(energetic music)

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Another group of facts regarding these issues

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around the bell curve has to do with IQ.

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We can carry on this evening a variety

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of interesting conversations, and discussions, and arguments

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about what IQ does measure and does not,

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the degree to which it is predictive

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of this, and that, and the other thing,

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but what you can't argue with is this.

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Whatever you think ought to be the measure of intelligence,

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whatever you think ought to be true...

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(energetic brass band music)

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(whistle blows)

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(crowd chattering)

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(whistle blows)

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(baseball bat pings)

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(crowd cheers)

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(tennis shoes squeaking)

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(crowd cheering)

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(energetic brass band music continues)

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(whistle blows)

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(crowd cheering)

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(crowd cheering)

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(arena announcer speaking)

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(indistinct chanting)

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♪ Help! I need somebody ♪

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♪ Help! Not just anybody ♪

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♪ Help! You know I need someone ♪

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♪ Help! ♪

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♪ (When) When I was younger ♪

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♪ (When I was young) so much younger than today ♪

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♪ (I never need) I never needed anybody's help in any way ♪

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♪ (Now) But now these days are gone ♪

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♪ (These days are gone) and I'm not so self assured ♪

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♪ (And now I find) Now I find I've changed my mind, ♪

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♪ I've opened up the doors ♪

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♪ Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ♪

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♪ And I do appreciate you being 'round ♪

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♪ Help me get my feet back on the ground ♪

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♪ Won't you please, please help me? ♪

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♪ (Now) And now my life has changed ♪

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♪ (My life has changed) in oh so many ways ♪

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♪ (My independence) My independence seems to ♪

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♪ Vanish in the haze ♪

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♪ (But) But ev'ry now and then ♪

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♪ (Every now and then) I feel so insecure ♪

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♪ (I know that I) I know that I just need you like ♪

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♪ I've never done before ♪

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♪ Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ♪

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♪ And I do appreciate you being 'round ♪

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♪ Help me get my feet back on the ground ♪

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♪ Won't you please, please help me? ♪

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♪ When I was younger, so much younger than today ♪

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♪ I never needed anybody's help in any way ♪

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♪ (Now) But now these days are gone ♪

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♪ (These days are gone) and I'm not so self assured ♪

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♪ (And now I find) Now I find I've changed my mind, ♪

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♪ I've opened up the doors ♪

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♪ Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ♪

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♪ And I do appreciate you being 'round ♪

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♪ Help me get my feet back on the ground ♪

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♪ Won't you please, please help me? ♪

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♪ (Now) And now my life has changed ♪

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♪ (My life has changed) in oh so many ways ♪

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♪ (My independence) My independence seems to ♪

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♪ Vanish in the haze ♪

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♪ (But) But ev'ry now and then ♪

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♪ (Every now and then) I feel so insecure ♪

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♪ (I know that I) I know that I just need you like ♪

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♪ I've never done before ♪

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♪ Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ♪

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♪ And I do appreciate you being 'round ♪

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♪ Help me get my feet back on the ground ♪

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♪ Won't you please, please help me? ♪

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♪ I never needed anybody's help in any way ♪

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♪ (Now) But now these days are gone ♪

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♪ (These days are gone) and I'm not so self assured ♪

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♪ (And now I find) Now I find I've changed my mind ♪

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♪ I've opened up the doors ♪

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♪ Help me if you can, I'm feeling down ♪

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♪ And I do appreciate you being 'round ♪

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♪ Help me get my feet back on the ground ♪

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♪ Won't you please, please help me? ♪

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♪ Help me, help me ♪

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♪ Ooh ♪

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(crowd cheering)

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(arena announcer speaking)

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Yeah, I'll go with the back theory as well,

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although Alex here has promised to donate his spine

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to Coach K should we win this game.

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That he was, like, on the OJ Simpson jury, or something.

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Interviewer

What are you studying here?

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Cognitive psych.

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Interviewer

Oh, right, you probably have

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a lot of psych cases that you could study

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right here in Chesterfield.

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Oh, definitely.

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We're all crazy around here.

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Only eight bucks.

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Look at it.

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Quality, Fruit of the Loom, number one.

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The sausage biscuits this morning have-

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Sausage biscuits?

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Yeah.

Sausage biscuits, pop tarts, hot chocolate.

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It was all good.

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Pizza.

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Well it's Krzyzewkskiville as long as he's head coach.

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About that season so far.

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The time is now, that's all I have to say.

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That's right.

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The time is now.

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The game, the game tonight.

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Well, we're going to kick their, beat... I'm gonna say it.

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We're gonna kick their-

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Thank you very much.

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This games is coming our last minute shot.

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(upbeat music)

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♪ Thursday morning was a hot flash-factor ♪

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♪ Her face still focused in my mind ♪

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♪ Test-strip, proof-sheet love is hard to find ♪

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♪ Friday night we'll dance the spotlight grind ♪

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♪ Stop-time heart for me if she's not mine ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame, now freeze ♪

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♪ Now I'm lookin' at a flashback Sunday ♪

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♪ Zoom lens feelings just won't disappear ♪

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♪ Close-up darkroom sweet-talk in my ear ♪

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♪ Her hot-spot love for me is strong ♪

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♪ This freeze-frame moment can't be wrong ♪

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(crowd cheering)

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(television static)

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TV Announcer

UCLA has won the national championship.

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♪ Do you have the time ♪

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TV Announcer

Jordan's back and better than ever.

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TV Announcer

The bombed out federal building

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in Oklahoma City.

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♪ I'll be there for you ♪

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TV Announcer

Also trouble at the OJ Simpson trial.

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TV Announcer

The prosecution is accused

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of harassing and spying on-

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(TV static)

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(dramatic music)

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(buzzer beater)

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("We Will Rock You")

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TV Announcer

Michael Jordan with a beautiful shot.

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("Blitzkrieg Bop")

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TV Announcer

Agassi still maintains the number one rank.

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Baseball Fan

You want to demonstrate

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your being upset with baseball?

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Don't go.

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("From Me To You")

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(popular culture & music montage)

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Letterman

You realize this is being broadcast don't you.

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("Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon")

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Vincent Vega

That's a bold statement.

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("I'll Make Love To You")

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(upbeat music)

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(crowd chattering)

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♪ Here's to you Mrs. Robinson ♪

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♪ Jesus loves you more than you will know ♪

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If someone answers the phone and says,

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"This is Duke's student locator,"

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wouldn't you assume that this is Duke's student locator

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when asked, "Is this student locator?"

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After you have said, "Student locator, may I help you?"

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"Is this the student locator?"

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What did I just say? Duh!

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If I give you a first name and a phone number,

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could you find out-

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Oh man, that's stupid.

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Learn how to spell, learn how to spell,

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don't call here asking for,

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"Yes, may I have a number for Anna Kuchwlsstck,"

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and you can't spell it.

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And they get mad when I can't spell it.

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I don't know how to spell that.

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Duke is the monthly keg, you know.

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Duke's fun.

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That's it.

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The heightening of the mind, the broadening.

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That's what it's about.

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Duke is great weather...

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Am I going to be in the video now?

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Cool buildings and gardens.

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It's a place where I put all my money.

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(interviewer laughs)

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It's like a bank but you can't withdraw.

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(interviewer laughs)

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And a lot of times style over substance.

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(interviewer concurs)

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That's Duke.

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("Mrs Robinson")

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I'm a freshman male.

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I live on North this year.

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I don't want to live on North next year.

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I worked it out.

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I have a one in two chance of living on North next year.

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All right?

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This sucks.

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We're doing our petition over here about housing,

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and we have a lot of complaints.

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Firstly, I feel like I've paid my dues.

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I paid $75,000 to the school,

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and waited to be a senior so I could get the housing I want.

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And I'm on a wait list and I have no place to live.

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Basically we're just trying

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to mobilize the student body today

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and get some message sent to Nan that we're not happy.

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So we knew that East campus

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could have a sense of purpose and identity.

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With any complicated decision, when you try

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to take a lot of people's interest into account,

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which we really did,

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I mean, that's why we wrestled with all of this for so long.

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Nothing is ever set in stone,

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except maybe Duke chapel, everything else is flexible.

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(gentle music)

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You mean you're actually having to think?

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You know, when I'm a famous dancer,

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that's going to be worth a lot of money.

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I think some of the attractions of Duke

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is not only it's a beautiful campus,

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we make a very nice academic environment.

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Duke students in general are very well-prepared

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and very bright, but most importantly,

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able to rise above the curmudgeonry

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of their professors here.

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I can't say that I've had

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any funny situations in the classroom,

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mostly because all of the laughter generally

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is being directed at me and not with me.

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I offered, in fact, to teach for free

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if they would give me free basketball tickets.

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And of course they refused.

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Well, at the end of this season,

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they came back and made the offer again,

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and asked me to take the tickets

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and give me back the money.

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And I said no.

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I don't have a job next year.

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Interviewer

How do you feel about that?

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That's okay.

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I'm jumping into an abyss.

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(gentle music)

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♪ Stay, ah just a little bit longer ♪

28:54

♪ Please, please, please, please, please ♪

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♪ Freeze-Frame ♪

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(camera clicking)

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(energetic music)

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♪ I could see it was a rough-cut Tuesday ♪

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♪ Slow-motion weekdays stare me down ♪

29:31

♪ Her lipstick reflex got me wound ♪

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♪ There were no defects to be found ♪

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♪ Snapshot image froze without a sound ♪

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♪ Thursday morning was a hot flash-factor ♪

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♪ Her face still focused in my mind ♪

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♪ Test-strip, proof-sheet love is hard to find ♪

30:07

♪ Friday night we'll dance the spotlight grind ♪

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♪ Stop-time heart for me if she's not mine ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame, now freeze ♪

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♪ Now I'm lookin' at a flashback Sunday ♪

30:38

♪ Zoom lens feelings just won't disappear ♪

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♪ Close-up darkroom sweet-talk in my ear ♪

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♪ Her hot-spot love for me is strong ♪

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♪ This freeze-frame moment can't be wrong ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame (freeze-frame) ♪

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♪ Freeze-frame, now freeze ♪

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(stately orchestral music)

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(orchestral music continues)

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(rousing brass band music)

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(rousing brass band music continues)

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(crowd chattering)

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(striding percussion music)

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(rousing brass band music continues)

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(rousing brass band music continues)

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(rousing brass band music continues)

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(rousing brass band music continues)

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("The Star-Spangled Banner")

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♪ O say can you see, by the dawn's early light ♪

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♪ What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming ♪

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♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪

39:40

♪ Through the perilous fight ♪

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♪ O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming ♪

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♪ And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air ♪

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♪ Gave proof through the night ♪

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♪ That our flag was still there ♪

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♪ O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪

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♪ O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪

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Gracious God, in whom we live and move and have our being,

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bless this day of joy and honor, grant to us your presence

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in all our endings and all our beginnings.

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Give to us a new sense of the sacredness of our vocation

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here in this university as teachers and learners.

40:54

And especially we pray that you would give to these,

40:59

our dear graduates, as they go forth,

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life in all of its wonder and abundance.

41:05

Amen.

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(crowd applauding)

41:11

-

I now invite trustee Dorothy Simpson to come forward

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to present the first candidate for an honorary degree.

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Dorothy

I had the pleasure to present to you

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the name of James Hadley Billington.

41:28

Unknown

I have the pleasure to present the name

41:35

of Anthony Stephen Fauci.

41:37

Unknown

I have the pleasure to present the name

41:43

of Coretta Scott King.

41:45

Unknown

I have the pleasure to present the name

41:52

of John Phillip McGovern.

41:54

Unknown

I have the pleasure to present the name

42:01

of Nafis Sadik.

42:03

-

Present cohort, trustees, members of the faculty,

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families, friends, honorary degree recipients,

42:13

and members of the class of 1995.

42:19

What a wonderful pleasure to welcome so many visitors

42:24

here to Duke,

42:27

and what a welcome relief to greet so many seniors

42:29

back from Myrtle Beach.

42:33

(crowd laughing)

42:35

They're still cleaning up at Crazy Zack's.

42:37

(crowd laughing)

42:40

You do me and my family great honor

42:43

by inviting me to speak here this morning.

42:45

This moment belongs especially to the graduates,

42:50

but let us begin with words of gratitude for others

42:54

who have helped to make this celebration possible.

42:58

Here in this stadium are two generations of older Americans

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who deserve our thanks this morning.

43:06

A few days ago, in capital cities

43:09

stretching from Washington to London, Paris to Moscow,

43:12

we saluted the grandfathers and grandmothers here today,

43:16

the men and women of World War II,

43:21

the generation that half a century ago

43:24

saved civilization from tyranny

43:27

and brought a new era of freedom and rising prosperity

43:30

to the West.

43:34

(crowd applauding)

43:35

Here too is a younger generation

43:46

that took up the torch in the 1960s and 1970s,

43:49

a generation that has helped to spread the American dream

43:53

to far-flung corners of the globe,

43:56

but is struggling to keep that dream alive here at home.

43:59

They are the mothers and fathers of the graduates,

44:04

the folks who have nurtured you for so many years,

44:07

sweated bullets to see if you would be admitted to Duke,

44:10

stretched to pay the bills,

44:15

and are now bursting with pride at your success.

44:17

(crowd applauding)

44:21

Especially on Mother's Day,

44:30

they deserve our heartfelt thanks.

44:31

(crowd applauding)

44:34

May I ask all of you here in this stadium,

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all the mothers and fathers,

44:44

the grandmas and the grandfathers, to stand,

44:45

and as you do,

44:49

may I ask all of the graduates here in this stadium

44:50

to stand and turn and thank them with your applause.

44:53

(crowd applauds)

44:58

It's like a seventh inning stretch.

45:21

And now we prepare to pass the torch again,

45:27

to you, the graduates of 1995.

45:31

More than a century passed, so the story goes,

45:35

a young man about your age,

45:38

a young man known mostly to family and friends,

45:41

gathered up the pages of poetry he had been writing

45:44

and sent them off to an older man he did not know.

45:47

The young man was Walt Whitman.

45:52

The older man was Ralph Waldo Emerson,

45:55

then the Dean of American letters.

45:58

Emerson, kindly as ever,

46:02

took the time to read through the package from the young man

46:04

and promptly sent a reply.

46:09

"Dear Mr. Whitman," he wrote,

46:11

"I greet you at the beginning of a great career."

46:14

As graduates of this university,

46:19

your special mission is to accept the challenges

46:22

of leadership in the 21st century,

46:27

a leadership that looks beyond your personal needs

46:30

to the needs of family,

46:33

a leadership that insists every citizen in this society

46:35

have an opportunity to rise from the valley,

46:38

a leadership that looks to a day when all Americans

46:42

can be somewhere up on that mountain side with you,

46:47

watching the dawn of a new age together.

46:51

We, your faculty, your family, your friends,

46:55

have great faith in you.

46:58

We're proud of you.

47:00

And the spirit of Emerson,

47:02

we greet you at the beginning of a glorious climb.

47:04

Good luck and Godspeed.

47:07

(crowd applauding)

47:09

-

Mr. Provost, I have the honor

47:15

to present to the president of the university

47:17

849 students in Trinity College who have completed

47:19

all requirements for the degree Bachelor of Arts.

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(crowd cheering)

47:28

These persons been approved by the faculty and the trustees,

47:28

and are here now to have that ancient and honorable degree

47:33

conferred upon them.

47:35

We're deeply proud of all of them.

47:37

Nannerl

By the authority vested in me,

47:47

I now confer upon each of you

47:52

the ancient and honorable degree of Bachelor of Arts.

47:55

I welcome you to the company of educated men and women.

47:58

(crowd cheering)

48:01

-

Mr. Provost, I have the honor

48:04

to present to the president of the university

48:06

331 students in Trinity College

48:08

who have completed all of the requirements

48:11

for the degree of Bachelor of Science.

48:13

These persons have been approved

48:16

by the faculty and the trustees,

48:17

and are here now to have that ancient and honorable degree

48:19

conferred upon them.

48:21

We are deeply proud of them all.

48:23

-

By the authority vested in me,

48:29

I now confer upon each of you

48:31

the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering

48:33

(crowd cheering)

48:36

in recognition of your competence

48:39

in the basic skills of your profession

48:41

and your commitment to a calling

48:45

which combines the best of theory and practice.

48:46

Congratulations.

48:49

(crowd cheering)

48:52

By the authority vested in me,

48:53

I confer upon each of you

48:55

the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering

48:56

in recognition of your competence in the basic skills

49:00

of this proud profession.

49:04

Congratulations.

49:05

(crowd cheering)

49:06

Graduates of each of the schools and colleges

49:12

of Duke university, as you go forth from this place,

49:14

remember what you have learned here,

49:18

recall the serene beauties of this campus,

49:20

the moments of intellectual excitement, personal discovery,

49:23

friendship, sorrow, and joy,

49:27

as a shield and buckler in more troubles times.

49:29

You go forth with our admiration, our affection,

49:33

our encouragement, slightly damp, but unscathed,

49:36

and our confidence in your abilities

49:40

to shape our future.

49:41

Godspeed.

49:43

(crowd cheering)

49:44

(upbeat music)

49:47

♪ These days you might feel a shaft of light ♪

49:50

♪ Make its way across your face ♪

49:55

♪ And when you do you'll know how it was meant to be ♪

50:00

♪ See the signs and know their meaning ♪

50:05

♪ It's true ♪

50:09

♪ You'll know how it was meant to be ♪

50:11

♪ Hear the signs and know they're speaking to you ♪

50:14

♪ To you ♪

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1995 Duke Yearlook (Senior Edition)

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