Princeton University's Class Day celebration, organized by seniors, featured awards, speeches and a keynote address by David Remnick, a 1981 alumnus and editor of The New Yorker. Stefan Kende, the new class president, accepts the symbolic key to the campus.

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Seniors cheer and applaud the accomplishments of their peers, while showing their spirit as "the great Class of 2013."

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Family members express their pride and commemorate the day with photos and video.

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President Shirley M. Tilghman delivers her last Class Day speech, peppered with jokes and words of wisdom. "Go forth and puncture the orange bubble," she said. "Be in the nation's service and in the service of all nations."

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Senior Dan Abromowitz speaks about the power of friendships forged during the four years at Princeton, noting "the spirit of Princeton lives in each of us."

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Helen Joynes, a bus operator with First Transit, is named an honorary class member. Students thanked her for greeting riders with a smile, saying, "The weekend is only a few days away."

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In his keynote speech, Remnick pokes fun at Princeton for "the eternal Halloween of its school colors" and reflects on the importance of freedom and "meeting the demands, the responsibilities, that freedom asks of you."

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After his speech, Remnick accepts a certificate and dons a class jacket as a new honorary member of the Class of 2013.

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Class president Zach Beecher tells his fellow classmates: "Graduating Princeton awards us the gift of possibility; it is up to us to never stop exploring, no matter how difficult, to turn the possibilities into realities." 

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Seniors express their excitement during the festivities with shouts of joy and smiles all around.

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Laughter from the graduating class fills the air at the lighthearted Class Day festivities.

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Kitan Akinosho receives the Allen Macy Dulles '51 Award, which is given to a senior whose activities while at Princeton best represent or exemplify the University's informal motto, "Princeton in the nation's service and in the service of all nations."<

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Senior Catherine Cohen gives a light-hearted address to her classmates and guests, calling Princeton "literally the best place on Earth."

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Graduate students lined up on Cannon Green as the Hooding ceremony started, only to have the ceremony interrupted by a thunderstorm a few moments later.

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As the rain began, graduate students went to Whig Hall to receive their hoods, which distinguish advanced-degree recipients by both their rank and discipline.

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The Hooding guest speaker, entrepreneur, author and Princeton graduate alumnus Sheryl WuDunn, delivered her remarks to graduate students in Whig Hall after they received their hoods.

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