DAILY CLIPS COVER - East Carolina University

preserve the earth and fight against threats to country's natural resources and
environment.
"The rate of species extinct is about 1,000 times higher than before humans
entered the scene. That loss of so much life is going to inflict a heavy price
on you," he said. "The torch is passed to you. Here, please take the torch in
this fundamental time."
He encouraged students to continue to learn and seek advanced degrees so
they can continue to better society.
"We need as many highly educated citizens in this faltering country as we
can get," he said. "... Go forth. Think. Save the world."
Thanks, mom: It was Mother's Day, and Chancellor Holden Thorp asked
graduates to stand to thank their mothers.
With signs, hoots and whistles graduates stood; clapping and blowing kisses
to mothers sitting in the bleachers around them.
A Carolina family: Elizabeth Deane, president of the class of 2011,
reminisced on the good times her class enjoyed and thanked her classmates
for always stepping up to serve the community and the world especially after
the disasters in Japan and Haiti.
"We did not give in to defeat," she said. "We stood together through
struggles and failures. And for that, we are a family. We have left an
indelible mark on this great institution, and it has marked us."
"Made something": For first-generation college student Brittany Travis,
her Carolina degree is a gateway.
"I feel like I've been made something," she said. "I've had this experience to
pass down. I feel special."
The 22-year-old Greensboro native studied psychology and plans to pursue a
Ph.D. in child psychology at The City College of New York in the fall.
"I can't believe I'm a grown-up," she said. "But Carolina prepared me well."