1.   In a phone interview from her Southern California home Thursday, Faulkner made it clear her voice will be heard on commencement day.

2.   It was commencement day at Rikers Island, the largest jail in the nation.

3.   There is a dreamlike quality to every commencement day.

4.   On commencement day, some students plan to protest along Memorial Drive and distribute anti-World Bank stickers for graduates to wear on their mortarboards.