Graduation Issue 2022

Being someone so averse to change, I learned that adapting to the unexpected was good for me because it forced me to mature.

I realized what defined my undergrad experience was the support and encouragement at Berkeley that gave me the confidence to pursue opportunities. 

I watched the movie “Cats” — as many of you did — on a winter’s day in 2019, and it changed my life.

I’m crying on Sproul Plaza, and I don’t care who sees. I wasn’t supposed to end up at UC Berkeley.

I can’t help but feel as though the end of college is a rather abrupt dislocation from home, not unlike how leaving for UC Berkeley felt four years ago. 

Julie, I graduate for you. You have learned some tough lessons. You have gone through nearly 22 years of life, death and sometimes some place between the two.

While my college years may not be for everyone, that’s completely okay and encapsulates exactly what a college experience should be: personal and different for each individual. 

This may be the end of an era here at UC Berkeley, but you will definitely make a comeback elsewhere — I’ll make sure of that.

You want to do so many incredible things for the people around you, but don’t forget that you need to put yourself first too, that you matter.

LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND THOSE WHO OTHERWISE SPECIFY. MY MOTIVATION PLUG IS OUT OF TOWN SO HERE I AM FOR A WHOLE WEEK OF KINO FARR ORIGINAL MOTIVATION