USC 2008 GRADUATION~ A PHOTO ESSAY

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"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become."

Henry David Thoreau

USC 2008 GRADUATION ~ A PHOTO ESSAY

The set up for graduation began early in the week and this is how the practice field looked the afternoon before.







Here is the Sensational Son, ready to graduate.






Despite the fact that convocation and graduation began at 8:00 a.m., it was sweltering hot in Los Angeles and as all of those bodies converged on the practice field, the heat was overwhelming. The crowd was so large that folks had to watch the proceedings on jumbotrons placed closer to them.




Professors and honor guard present their full regalia for the procession.



These two gentlemen show their Trojan pride by wearing USC print shirts.







After the Convocation for USC where the CEO of Disney spoke, a graduation for the College of Arts and Letters took place in a tent with very little ventilation.




The Sensational Son with his Pop and with one of his best friends from high school







Giving tribute at Christopher Marlowe's statue




Photo Op at the fountain




Moving out - yes, that is a couch in the convertible

~ Susan B. © 2008

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