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The next event was Carrie's graduation from Wash U. Here's our impressive hotel suite.

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David demonstrates our neato Murphy bed.

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...and the bed comes down...

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Voila!

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So. Wash U gave Phyllis Schlafly (noted anti-feminist) an honorary degree. People were upset and a protest was planned. Here's the flyer that was handed out with lots of...

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Part of the protest was wearing white armbands, as Mom and Jessica are ably displaying.

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Graduation was pretty packed, and the weather was cool in the morning and then hot as the sun started hitting us.

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They processed in with banners of the different schools. Go Arts & Sciences!

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Here's Carrie processing in! (like I said, lots of people...)

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Chris Matthews gave the commencement speech, which was interesting and not too long.

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The protest begins! As she got her award, people stood up and faced away from her. You can see more pictures here and a video...

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More protesting. You can see a lot of the students are standing up...

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Another view of the protesting. It was fun! The trustee (a woman) who introduced her took great pains to talk about listening to people we disagree with and whatnot.

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A better view of the students standing up in protest.

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The students stand up to have their degree conferred. Carrie's in there somewhere. Yay!

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Carrie and...a friend (sorry, friend!) after the ceremony.