A contingent of “Over the Hill” students leads the Wacky Walk procession at the Stanford 2015 Commencement ceremony.
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GSB students cheer classmate Michael Rothkopf as he slides into the 2016 Wacky Walk.
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Students parade around the 124th Commencement with their baby photos.
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Students dressed as characters from
Winnie the Pooh
hold a sign that says, “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard,” during the 2016 Wacky Walk.
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Jack Conte and his fellow graduating SImps, Stanford’s improvisation troupe, staged a slow-motion samurai game during the Wacky Walk at the 2006 Commencement ceremony.
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Students prep outside Columbae residence for their 2013 graduation Wacky Walk dressed as bananas.
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Zoë White, Haley Ketterer and Isabelle Woodrow with friends dress as In-N-Out Burger staff for the 2016 Wacky Walk.
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A LeBron James cutout looms over students dressed as human-sized sock puppets (we think) during the 2013 Wacky Walk.
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Students from the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department doff their space helmets at the 2016 Commencement.
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Students dressed as hippie protesters for Stanford’s 120th Commencement ceremony.
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Two graduating
Star Wars
fans chart a casual flight path to the 2013 Wacky Walk in their X-wing fighters.
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It’s always good to bring a wingman when participating in the Wacky Walk. This is from Commencement 2015.
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William Tucker, dressed as an astronaut, is set to begin the Wacky Walk with friends who will navigate the Space Shuttle to the 122nd Commencement.
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Students showed up to the 2016 Commencement in the catbus from the 1988 film
My Neighbor Totoro.
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Students dressed as Vikings sail into the 2015 Wacky Walk.
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Graduates run under a parachute decorated with their names and handprints during the 2013 Wacky Walk.
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Kevin Moy and Guanlin Chen hoist giant 3D models of their own faces before the 2015 Wacky Walk.
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During the Wacky Walk a group of coterm students brought together signs to form a giant QR code that linked to their pictures and personal messages at http://stanford.edu/~aduchi/graduation.html. This is from the 121st Commencement Ceremony at Stanford University.
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