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Spring ' 88 22 SPRIMQ FLiriQ
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Graduation ' 88 1988 graduation at JMU was a ceremony filled with many rea- sons to rejoice and many rea- sons to mourn passing tradi- tions. The seniors had spent four (or, in some cases, more) years working towards this day; some were dreading the rude shove into the real world while some were more than ready to graduate and get on with their lives. On this sunny day, JMU seni- ors celebrated the end of 4 a.m. cramming, D-Hall lines, and the eternal search for a parking space. They also bid a sad fare- well to keg parties, roadtrips, scoping on the quad, and most importantly, the friends they have made here at JMU in the last four years. An additional goodbye was said on graduation day as well; our traditional graduation cer- emonies on the quad had to be abandoned in the name of prac- ticality. JMU ' s number of grad- uates had grown too large to be contained with dignity on the quad. Students throughout the year had inveighed, protested, and petitioned to hold the grad- uation ceremony on their be- loved quad but it was to no avail; the decision had been made. The seniors made their dramatic entrance through Ro- man columns onto the football field, beginning a new tradition of stadium commencements. The traditional graduation speech, usually a notoriously boring segment of any gradu- ation, was slightly different from past ceremonies also. The speaker who encouraged the seniors in their quest for suc- cess was none other than alum- nus Phoef Sutton, currently head scriptwriter for the hit comedy series Cheers . Sut- ton offered living proof that a JMU degree, the reason we were all gathered together in the sta- dium that day, is a winning ac- complishment. by Ann Marie Maloney Blevins The football field hosts an uncharacteristically subdued student crowd at its first graduation in the stadium. Champagne corks and compact mirrors popped open for receiving diplomas. M Blevins 24 QRADUATIOM
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