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Meanwhile, inside, students continued to be called forward.

OU grad and CBS Sports commentator Allie LaForce began her commencement address by saying she had stopped by the Red Brick Tavern and tried to get a beer to go -- and they still won't give her one.

Nellis welcomed the students and guests.

It's a big place full of lots and lots of people. And very warm.

Inside, the dignitaries posed for photographs.

The ever-present cell phone in use from the floor of the Convo. This caller may be talking to her family in the stands.

As the grads found their places, some signaled with their cellular phone flashlights so that friends and relatives might pick them out.

The crowd stretched clear around the Convocation Center.