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What graduates wear to the Wacky Walk

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June 13th, 2019| 1 min read

What graduates wear to the Wacky Walk

Every year at Commencement, graduates put on a show for their family and friends with some wild, often irreverent getups for the Wacky Walk. If you're graduating and haven't yet decided what to wear for the occasion, there's still time to throw something together. Take a look back at what graduates wore in years past for a bit of inspiration.

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Wacky Walk — Three seniors used Loteria cards as their theme in the 2018 Wacky Walk.
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A group of students dressed as pizza slices form an entire pie during the 2018 Wacky Walk.
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Space Wacky walk — Students from the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department doff their space helmets at the 2016 Commencement.
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In-N-Out Wacky Walk — 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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Over the hill Wacky walk — A contingent of “Over the Hill” students leads the Wacky Walk procession at the Stanford 2015 Commencement ceremony.
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Top Gun Wacky Walk — It’s always good to bring a wingman when participating in the Wacky Walk. This is from Commencement 2015.
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Slide into Wacky Walk — GSB students cheer classmate Michael Rothkopf as he slides into the 2016 Wacky Walk.
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Viking wacky walk — Students dressed as Vikings sail into the 2015 Wacky Walk.
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2015 mortar board hero — This 2015 graduate proved that Wacky Walk decorations don’t always appear on the mortarboard itself.
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Members of the Pi Phi sorority and friends dress as flappers for the Wacky Walk.
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2013 Wacky Walk — A LeBron James cutout looms over students dressed as human-sized sock puppets (we think) during the 2013 Wacky Walk.
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X-Wing Wacky Walk — Two graduating Star Wars fans chart a casual flight path to the 2013 Wacky Walk in their X-wing fighters.
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Parachute Wacky Walk — Graduates run under a parachute decorated with their names and handprints during the 2013 Wacky Walk.
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Banana Wacky Walk — Students prep outside Columbae residence for their 2013 graduation Wacky Walk dressed as bananas.
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Hippie Wacky Walk — Students dressed as hippie protesters for Stanford’s 120th Commencement ceremony.
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Samurai game Wacky Walk — 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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Hoover tower mortar boards — Human biology majors Tiffany and Corrine Taraska, Carina Uraiqat and Jessica Pitluk decorated their mortarboards with Hoover Towers for the Wacky Walk in 2001.
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