“I’m going to shoot you straight: College is the greatest time of your life,” he said to a round of giggles from the excited graduates. “Your parents aren’t around anymore to tell you what to do. You can finally say ‘I’m my own man, I’m my own woman.’ It’s great.

“But with that freedom comes responsibility. It’s your job to go to class. It’s your job to study. It’s your job to be in bed at the right time. And you will because you made a commitment to yourself and your parents and everyone else to do the right things.”