Basketball great Larry Bird knelt down so Trustee Sidney Feltenstein could reach over his head while giving him an honorary degree at Boston University.
(Globe Staff Photo / Suzanne Kreiter)
Capuano wins over crowd at BU commencement
Basketball great Larry Bird knelt down so Trustee Sidney Feltenstein could reach over his head while giving him an honorary degree at Boston University.
(Globe Staff Photo / Suzanne Kreiter)
Boston University students took to Facebook to groan about the selection of US Representative Michael Capuano as commencement speaker, in a ceremony that would also include the awarding of honorary degrees to basketball great Larry Bird and legendary film director Steven Spielberg. (Full article: 688 words)
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