British Broadcasting Corporation

World News America

BBC News
World News America
First Person
Meet the team
About the show
How to watch
Contact us

Related BBC sites
Page last updated at 20:34 GMT, Monday, 18 May 2009 21:34 UK

Graduates laugh in the face of adversity

Advertisement

The students of Tulane University in New Orleans had to overcome the horrors of hurricane Katrina. Comedian Ellen Degeneres was a speaker at their graduation ceremony and helped to give a few laughs to these resilient graduates.

Story Tools

Editor's Choice

Sobibor sign Escaping death camp life of 'hell'

Samantha Morton Samantha Morton reads Last Post

A monkey Thai monkey festival celebrates 21st year

Manoi GO robot Japan develops break-dancing robot

A crowd of people in Santa costumes Thousands in Sydney Santa race
Skip to top

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Explore the BBC

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.
Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific