Students Protest CUNY Cuts at Grad Ceremony - JUAN DEJESUS, NBC NY

With “pomp and circumstance” playing and graduates beaming as they walk towards the end of their collegiate careers, a small group stood in silent opposition to their esteemed commencement speaker. Governor David Paterson delivered the commencement speech to the graduating class of 2010 at Bronx Community College. But just outside the entrance to the institution stood a group of protesters who welcome his address but would like to see his cuts to CUNY disappear.