“These moments of failure really suck when you’re going through them. But when you come through on the other side, you discover you’re smarter and stronger than you were before. That’s why I implore you to not fear failure or fear taking the risks that might lead to it. Without the latter and the possibility of the former, you’ll never grow.”
—Jonathan Capehart ’89, Washington Post writer and MSNBC contributor, Opening Convocation, September 16, 2013