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Senior Speech Illustrations: Week 12
November 30, 2016
Below are illustrations from the senior speeches presented on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
“James Bond’s got my back,” senior Kate Bond said during her senior speech on Nov. 29.
“You are surrounded by gender differences and by doing nothing, by defending yourself, by thinking that it is not your issue to care about, you are adding weight to the shoulders of those who do want to create change, and those shoulders usually are already full of scars,” senior Leah Hughes said during her senior speech on Nov. 29.
“I found myself living the American Dream, with the successes and failures my own,” senior John Soranno said during his senior speech on Nov. 29.
“Ask yourself if there is something more meaningful you could be doing or new places that you could be exploring,” senior Ian Scott said during his senior speech on Nov. 29.
