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West High grads get lesson from an Onion writer

Hey, high school graduates. Quit texting and listen up. Todd Hanson, lead writer of The Onion, has some advice for you.

“Get ready to start suffering,” Hanson told nearly 500 students at Madison West High School’s graduation ceremony Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center.

Hanson later reneged on that statement and admitted “unbelievable, wonderful things are also going to happen to you,” but not before sharing his own personal suffering with the graduating class.