Endings

Around me at graduation:

• Our research queen bee faculty member reading a research article
  
  
• A faculty member writing in what appeared to be a personal journal
  
  
• A faculty member reading what appeared to be literary journal submissions
  
  
• A faculty member raiding strings from her tassel to tie up her hair in a futile effort to stay cool
  
  
• A faculty member who received one call and made two on his cell phone (which was not set to silent)
  
  
• Three faculty members periodically hovering over a wireless Internet handheld checking game scores
  
  
• A faculty member with a very light complexion (and apparently no sunscreen) slowly turning red on one side
  

This is what happens when attendance at graduation is required.