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UCLA Graduation

From left, UCLA students Austin Henderson, Ken Fukada and Woody Strassner, all 22, and Bobbak Sabet, 21, display headshots on their graduation caps so their family and friends in the seats above can find them more easily at the graduation ceremony for the College of Letters and Science at Pauley Pavilion. About 4,100 graduates participated.

From left, UCLA students Austin Henderson, Ken Fukada and Woody Strassner, all 22, and Bobbak Sabet, 21, display headshots on their graduation caps so their family and friends in the seats above can find them more easily at the graduation ceremony for the College of Letters and Science at Pauley Pavilion. About 4,100 graduates participated.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Bear

Yalda Safai, 21, left, and Tara Kansarlou, 22, pose for a picture with the Bruin before the ceremony.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Boa

Adam Draper, 23, knows how to be noticed: the purple boa look.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Photograph

Adam Draper, 23, sports a purple boa while gathering with classmates before start of Friday’s graduation ceremony for the College of Letters and Science, held inside Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. A total of 4,100 graduates participated in the commencement ceremony.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

The speaker

Brad Delson, left, guitarist for the rock group Linkin Park, sits with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. Delson delivered the commencement address, subbing for actor James Franco, who withdrew.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Hug

Adora Elisapeta Jones, right, embraces a friend after commencement at the School of Public Affairs at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Commencement ceremonies for the various colleges continue through Sunday at UCLA, California‘s largest university, with enrollment of about 38,000 students per year.  (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)

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