Photos: Graduation caps done right

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Photos: Graduation caps done right

How do you stand out in a graduating class of 200? Why, by decorating the plain mortarboard and making it your own. Take a look at what the Class of 2014 has come up with.

Graduating students from Binghamton University�s Harpur College of Arts and Sciences fills the Events Center on campus during Sunday, May 18, 2014 graduation ceremonies in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Press & Sun-Bulletin, Kristopher Radder) NO SALES

Graduate student Mourghan Mencio displayed a personal message to her parents on the top of her cap during graduation ceremonies for University North Carolina-Wilmington students at Trask Coliseum Saturday, May 10, 2014. The two ceremonies on Friday and two on Saturday, May 10, 2014, granted a total of 1940 undergraduate degrees, 336 graduate degrees and five doctoral degrees. (AP Photo/The Star-News, Matt Born)

Marlee Glasgow mortarboard is full of bars at the University of Colorado Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 9, 2014 in Boulder. (AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Cliff Grassmick) NO SALES

Graduate Maria Salvemini from Cherry Hill, N.J. wears a message on her cap during the Villanova Commencement ceremonies with the Villanova University class of 2014 at the Pavilion in Villanova, Pa. on Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Philadlephia Daily News, Steven M. Falk)

Graduates Megan Downing left, and Carlen Rowan right, take in the scene of their Virginia Tech Class of 2014 graduation ceremony held in Lane Stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg Friday May 16 2014. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Matt Gentry)

Clemson University graduates get creative decorating their caps for the morning ceremony in Littlejohn Coliseum Friday May 9, 2014 in Clemson, S.C. Over 3,000 graduate from Clemson this spring. (AP Photo/The Independent-Mail, Ken Ruinard) THE GREENVILLE NEWS OUT, SENECA NEWS OUT

A member of the James Madison University class of 2014 give a signal to a friend during Friday's commencement ceremony at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va, on Friday, May 9, 2014. Over 3,500 students this year. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Jason Lenhart)

A student wears a colorfully decorated graduation cap, Sunday, May 11, 2014, during Marywood University's commencement ceremony at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Andrew Krech) MANDATORY CREDIT

Graduates wear decorated mortar boards during the University of Mississippi commencement ceremony in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, May 10, 2014. (AP Photo/The Daily Mississippian, Thomas Graning)

Some students and faculty members at the University of Mississippi wore anti-discrimination stickers to protest the speaker, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, during a graduation ceremony in the Grove on campus, in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Bryant recently signed the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which some think may enable businesses to prohibit service to gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman)

Jodi Gillis decorated her mortar board for the University of Mississippi graduation ceremony, held in the Grove on campus, in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday, May 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman)

Cecilia Drennan of Paris, Texas decorated her mortar board for the University of Mississippi graduation ceremony, held in the Grove on campus, in Oxford, Miss. on Saturday, May 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman) MAGS OUT NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT

Shaniya Katoney signs a Jefferson Joe Jr's yearbook, Saturday, May 17, 2014, before the start of the Navajo Preparatory School graduation ceremony at McGee Park Convention Center in Farmington N.M. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Jon Austria)

Jerome Tucker shows off his cap before commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Fla. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily, Nick Tomecek)

Sarah Dores, a mechanical engineering major from Maple Shade, sends her parents a message on her mortarboard during commencement ceremonies at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. on Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ron Tarver)

In this Thursday, May 8, 2014 photo, Southern Illinois University student Laura Roberts cuts newspaper clippings into words and tapes them to her graduation cap during a student organized meeting at Morris Library, in Carbondale, Ill. The future of the 98-year-old student newspaper was unclear Thursday after the university's governing board declined to approve a proposed student fee to help pay for the daily. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Ryan Michalesko)

Receiving a degree in Art History, Joe Liberatore, 22, walks in the Liacouras Center during graduation ceremonies for for Temple University, Thursday, May 15, 2014, Philadelphia. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, David Swanson)

Graduates of the University of Tennessee College of Communications and Information wait to receive their diplomas Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Knoxville, Tenn. Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist John Noble Wilford, a 1955 UT graduate, gave the commencement address and received a honorary doctorate. (AP Photo/Saul Young, Knoxville News Sentinel)

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Graduating students from Binghamton University�s Harpur College of Arts and Sciences fills the Events Center on campus during Sunday, May 18, 2014 graduation ceremonies in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Press & Sun-Bulletin, Kristopher Radder) NO SALES

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