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Chancellor Gene Block speaks every year at commencement. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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The Quad: UCLA needs to step up its commencement-speaker game

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If you’re like me, your Facebook news feed is probably overflowing with pictures of seniors clad in their bright blue sashes, popping champagne in front of Royce Hall.

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The Quad: UCLA needs to step up its commencement-speaker game

By Aneesh Gowri

May 30, 2017 1:04 p.m.