[32]MayandJunearethemonthswhenmostAmericancollegesanduniversitiesholdtheirgraduationceremonies.Theseceremoniesareatimeforfamilyandfriendstogatherandcelebrateastudent'scompletionofanacademicdegree.Mostceremoniesaretraditional.Thestudentswearcapsandgownsovertheirclothing.Onebyone,theirnamesarecalled.Theygotothefront,shakehandswithschoolofficialsandreceiveadocumentofsomekind.Butfirsttheymustsitandlistentospeeches.Collegesanduniversitiesofteninvitefamousguestsorformerstudentswhohavebeensuccessful.Schoolsoftenwantspeakerstocommentonworldevents.ThisSaturday,forexample,SenatorHillaryRodhamClintonwillspeakatthegraduationceremonyattheRensselaerPolytechnicInstituteinTroy,NewYork.[33]Newspeopleareofteninvitedtospeakatgraduations.Soareentertainers.[34]ActorJohnLithgow,a1967graduateofHarvard,willspeakattheuniversityonJune9th.ThentherearespeakerslikeJonStewart.Heentertainsbymakingfunofthenews.Hispopularprogram,"TheDailyShow,"appearsonComedyCentraloncabletelevision.Lastyear,JonStewartspokeattheCollegeofWilliamandMaryinWilliamsburg,Virginia.Hegraduatedfromtherein1984.Hedidoffersomeseriousadvice.Hesaid:"Collegeissomethingyoucomplete.Lifeissomethingyouexperience.[35]Sodon'tworryaboutyourgrade,ortheresultsorsuccess.Successisdefinedinvariousways,andyouwillfindit...Lovewhatyoudo.Getgoodatit."