It was a pleasant, sunny day and an intimate ceremony for 1,200 graduates and 14,000 spectators which was held on the university quadrangle. I was pretty young at the time and mostly what I remember is that it was very long and boring. My graduation will be a private, dignified affair with my close family and friends and the president and platform party, all to myself. It won t take too long and it will occur in perfectly climate controlled conditions. The university has changed a great deal in twelve years.
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