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	Convocation '06 loses speaker, but not spirit California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez declined to cross a picket line to give the keynote, but seniors seemed ready to move on, speech or no speech. Watch a video of the Convocation ceremony
	Slideshow Highlights of the Commencement Convocation ceremony held at the Greek Theatre.
	Wisdom from the podium Good graduation speeches, if carefully written, strike their own singular chords. Here are some examples from the 2006 Berkeley commencement season
	Point of view: Who are your heroes? The Class of 2006 tells who they admire and why.
	Top graduating senior is a computer whiz kid with a social conscience Profile of University Medalist Lane Rettig. "It is our duty to live loudly and fiercely' (text of Lane Rettig's commencement address)
	Meet the University Medal finalists Siu-Ting Dickson Mak builds bridges across disciplines and cultures Nicole Swann studies the intersection of brains and behavior Laurel MacKenzie elevates multitasking to an art form Alexis Ashot is not just a polyglot art-history major, he's a true Renaissance man Brian Loo wants to put his ideals into action in the Middle East