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Va Tech Graduation Day

Edited on Fri May-11-07 06:25 PM by ls317

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/11/va.tech.ap/index.html

(AP) -- Thousands of Virginia Tech graduates struggled to balance joy with grief as commencement got under way Friday, less than a month after a student gunman's rampage devastated the campus.

In an address to the nearly 1,200 graduate students who received master's degrees, President Charles Steger spoke to the community's grief while encouraging the graduates to be proud of their accomplishments and hopeful for their futures.

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