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At Harvard, an intimate commencement

Change is vital, grad speakers say

Emily Susanne Etheridge and mother Peggy Etheridge Emily Susanne Etheridge and her mother, Peggy Etheridge, from Peru, Ill., shared a proud moment after yesterday's commencement ceremony at Harvard University's Dunster House. The residence hall honored 135 graduates. (Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff)
By Tracy Jan
Globe Staff / June 5, 2009

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CAMBRIDGE - Between the pomp of the morning commencement exercises and the afternoon lineup of star-studded speeches, Harvard undergraduates retreated yesterday to the only homes they have known for the last three years, their residence halls, for an intimate ceremony that many say represents what graduation day is really about. (Full article: 878 words)

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