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[ cheers and applause ] >> and here's the good news. what you've learned these four years is precisely what you need to face the challenges of this moment. first, you learned critical thinking. i can still remember the professors who challenged me to make decisions with good information, rigorous reasoning, real deliberation. i know we didn't have much of that in this past election, but we have to get back to it. after all, in the words of my predecessor in the senate, daniel patrick monynahan, everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.

Society. at their best, our colleges and universities are free marketplaces of ideas. embracing a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. that's our country at our best too. an open, inclusive, diverse society is the opposite of an anecdote to a closed society where there is only one right way to think, believe, and act. here at wellesley you've worked hard to turn this ideal into a reality. you've spoken out against racism and sexism and discrimination of all kinds and you've shared our yo -- yo -- your own stories and at times that's taken courage. but the only way our society will ever b...