Graduates appreciate Obama's remarks (ND Observer).

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Kristina Sinutko said she was proud to be a Notre Dame graduate when the "We are ND" chant rang out from the senior class in response to protesters interrupting President Barack Obama's Commencement address in the Joyce Center Sunday.

"You can't come to our graduation and yell and get away with it," she said.

Sinutko, a graduate of the College of Arts & Letters, said she thought both University President Fr. John Jenkins and the class of 2009 handled the interruptions in the ceremony "very appropriately."

Although she said she was surprised Jenkins and Obama directly addressed the controversy surrounding the president's visit to campus, Sinutko said it "would have been awkward" if the issue was not engaged.

"I'm so glad he talked about it," she said. "He tried offered a peaceful solution to the problem instead of egging it on."