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...legion of umbrellas sprouted throughout the audience when the rain began to fall during the Senior English Address by Zayed M. Yasin...
Hundreds of people left after the rain started, but many graduates stayed in soaked academic regalia...
Some of the day’s speakers made light of the rain...
...rain clouds were not the only dampers on the proceedings. Scores of students wore red, white and blue ribbons in protest of the address by Yasin, in which he spoke of the meaning of “jihad” from his point of view as an American Muslim. Yasin’s speech, however, garnered one of the longest rounds of applause of the morning (see related story, page...
...crowds that made entering the Yard so difficult quickly left when the rain started shortly into the ceremony. By the time Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes gave the closing benediction, the majority of seats were empty. His remarks were mercifully short for those remaining in the audience...