I would like to take a moment to express my utter disgust with the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs and with the University’s lack of respect for anything academic.
The program you have organized for graduation is not only a joke to academic pursuits, it is a disgrace to a long-standing and dignified ceremony. For four years I have looked forward to graduation, to proudly invite my family to celebrate my achievements with me, and to reflect upon my education and my future. Sadly, I now find that you have robbed me of such an opportunity, in exchange for this circus you have organized.
Let me ask you this: Where will the “Graduation Fest” pre-drinking take place? In the elephant tent? Perhaps you hope it will take place beforehand, off campus, just like the sporting events and other extracurricular activities for which the University is well known. I have always complained that the University’s last priority is academics, and as if a lack of real professors or disproportionate funding for criminal athletes isn’t enough to confirm my beliefs, this grotesque abomination of tradition puts the final nail in the coffin.
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