VIDEO REPORT CNN's Don Knapp introduces us to the new graduates Windows Media 28K 80K

May 21, 1999
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BERKELEY, California (CNN) -- It took a quarter of a century for a California woman to get her college degree. Her son was so proud of her that he slowed down his ceremonial walk during the University of California, Berkeley, commencement ceremony so that they could cross the educational finish line together.

Watch this video report about the pair's big day.

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