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Dear Miss Future.

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I write with deference and
hope to introduce myself

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and the rather large community
of which I am immensely

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fortunate to be a part of.

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We are all eagerly
looking forward

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to meeting you in person.

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In the meantime, I thought
you might be interested

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knowing a bit about us,
who we were, who we are,

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and who we hope to become
by the time we meet.

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We are explorers of everything
from galaxies to microbiomes.

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We are caregivers.

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We are discoverers.

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We are adventurers.

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We are champions.

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We are thinkers.

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We are doers.

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We are artists,
athletes, and musicians.

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We are leaders.

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We are writers.

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We are officers.

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We are streakers.

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[LAUGHTER]

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We are funny.

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We are curious.

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We are fierce, and
we are friendly.

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We are skeptical.

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[LAUGHTER]

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We are Jefferson,
Echols, Roads, Marshall,

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and Fulbright scholars.

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We are singing groups.

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We have famous dropouts.

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[LAUGHTER]

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We are Greek life.

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We are secret societies, one
of whom just pledged $1 million

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to support student
health and the library.

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To protect its secrecy, I
will identify the society only

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by an initial.

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[LAUGHTER]

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We are the Blue Ridge
Mountains and Bodo's Bagels.

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We are Madison
House and Mad Bowl.

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We have been to outer space,
and we have been to Antarctica.

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We have scaled
mountains, and we have

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explored the depths of the sea.

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We are resilient.

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We are path breakers.

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We stand on the shoulders
of those who came before us.

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We are Cavaliers.

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We are, in a word,
Miss Future, Wahoos.

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