Abstract

By this point in orientation, you in the first year class have been talked at so much that you can easily be forgiven if you forget everything I say today. And you probably will: Last spring, I asked a group of seniors what they remembered from convocation, and none of them could come up with anything. So I figure I can say whatever I want. The only catch is that if I manage to say anything that offends some of my faculty colleagues, that will be remembered for many years. There are always risks.