u/jmikola

This would have been printed in the February 6, 2004 issue. Graduation was moving out of the big gym to the parking lot this year (which had no solar panels back then). The field was off limits because the turf was still relatively new (replaced after a bunch of helicopters landed there during 9/11). So they built a big stage and iirc even gave an honorary degree to Bob “gold bars” Menendez.

Anyway, I was reminded of this after reading the other thread about graduation locations (loved the tangent on hoboken traffic logistics). Didn’t seem possible to comment with an image, so here we are. ✌️