The commencement was concluded with the Alta Mater song. Some graduate shared their feelings with the Caravan before the procession. Mostafa Zakaria, computer science graduate said, free at last. Mary Tony , JMC graduate and editor-in chief of the Caravan for Fail 2000 said, I m so excited and scared. After the commencement, at least one new graduate was critical of how the event was organized.
Some students didn t receive invitations because other students received extra invitations.
Some officials were accusing students of receiving extra tickets instead of seeing who received extra invitations.