'You can't go to the Internet to build character,' speaker tells Liberty grads tonight

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Diana DeVito, Liberty Board of Education member and 1971 alumna, told the class of 2016 they faced more choices than any generation in history.

“You can go to the Internet to buy anything you choose,” DeVito said. “You can go to the Internet to choose friends. You can go to the Internet to choose a boyfriend or a girlfriend. But, you can’t go to the Internet to build character.”

Liberty High School conferred diplomas on 82 graduates Thursday evening at Powers Auditorium in Youngstown.

One valedictorian, Saidah Yusuf, spoke of her personal journey to academic success.

In the Arab community "It is the males who are expected to succeed academically, to further their education and have more leisure to do what they want.... I seek to break the stereotype”

The other valedictorian, Salam Picard, joked, “The road to success is not smoothly paved and never will be. Honestly, it’s kind of like the roads in Liberty.”

Read more about the ceremony in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.