.....Clinton said Hurricane Katrina and the enormous response it provoked should teach the graduates at least one thing.
"It is a positive manifestation of the most important fact of your lives — the interdependence of human beings on this planet," Clinton said. "And if you look at the negative aspects of Katrina, the lives lost, the property washed away, dreams broken, it is also evidence of our interdependence."
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In place of an invocation, jazz historian Michael White played "Just a Closer Walk With Thee." The song was played in the tradition of a jazz funeral, slow and mournful at first, fast an upbeat to represent rebirth at the end.
"Life's like that," Clinton said. "It's always about new beginnings. I wish you many."
The ceremony closed with a surprise visit by comedian Ellen DeGeneres, who came out wearing a bathrobe.
"I heard everyone was going to be wearing robes," she said, then offered her own advice to the graduating class. "Remember to exfoliate, moisturize, exercise and floss."
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