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At Bush speech, protests in the crowd

YDN Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, May 22, 2001

As President George W. Bush '68 walked from the podium after receiving an honorary degree and speaking at Yale's tercentennial graduation, David Stewart '73 and Nancy Floreen complimented and criticized him at the same time.

Floreen said she found him unabashed. Stewart thought he was genuine. But neither put down the yellow protest signs they carried, which called for changes in Bush's environmental policy.

The pair, parents of a graduating senior in Yale College, were among a crowd of thousands of students, parents, friends and well-wishers that seemed...

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