Alejandro Ramos ’25 graduation speech
A Celebration of the Self
As we dawn upon a new age, the glory of humanity and each individual reflects upon us evermore. We enter this Brave New World, uncertain of what lies ahead, but it is precisely this uncertainty that should be welcomed, for certainty is the death of possibility. It is for you to determine what your future will be because in uncertainty we flourish. It is in uncertainty that science tries to find light in the dark, while the social sciences reflect who we are and the humanities paint the blank canvas of our existence. Our liberation lies in the uncertain and nothingness, a stage waiting to be performed on. We escape being animals of fate and become