The speaker for my undergraduate commencement was Justice Sandra Day O’Conner. I don’t recall much of what she said but I assume it dealt with the law.
Our speaker (last week, yay me!) was Alcee Hastings (D-FL). He didn’t speak in cliches at all but his speech was mostly just funny stories. He also “concluded” at least five times by my count; we were talking about making it into a drinking game by the end.
A speech from a student celebrating what everyone accomplished would have been nice, and I don’t know why I never experienced one.
I was thinking of the speeches I sat through where the city comptroller ran through a list of cliches on how to live your life after college.
New ice cream flavor: Hooks ‘n’ worms!
Thank you so much. I’ve been needing a really good laugh, and that did the trick 
Ours was Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell. He told us to keep striving for excellence, and try not to be incarcerated for tax evasion. Funny coincidence, thinking back on it.