mcdonnell, followed by baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings lake, and later, oklahoma governor mary thad allefallin. the mayor of new york city was the commencement speaker at chapel hill. he addressed the crowd of 30,000 on may 13 and said north carolina's recent same sex marriage bill shows there is still a lot of work to be done on civil rights in the country. he was first elected mayor in 2001, just two months after the terrorist attack on the world trade center. here is his speech a device to the graduating class of 2012. it is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> tar, tar, tar. forgive me, but i just wanted to start this morning by shouting something, but i knew what would happen if the r saidah rah, carolina-lina. on that positive note, good morning, faculty, families, friends of the great class of 2012. i particularly wanted to thank chancellor bork and unc board of trustees, including my friend and your fellow alum, pieter brouwer, for inviting me here. i also want to thank the president of the unc system and a former unc system president, old friend dick spangler. we went to the harvard busine