I graduated. Woohoo! I officially have a BA in Political Science and Communication Studies. Now it’s off to grad school to get my master’s.

The ceremony was okay. It was hot in the fieldhouse, but I had a fan pointed directly at me, so it wasn’t too bad for me. The speakers were not very good. Dr. Eugene White spoke. He is the superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools. He was not a very good speaker, and I honestly don’t remember anything he said. That’s never a good sign.

The faculty speaker was very frustrating. He was basically telling us that when we look back on our graduation, it will be overshadowed by the fact that the United States is fighting a pointless and needless war, in his opinion. I don’t care what he thinks, I just wanted my diploma.

Why is it that people think they have to make a political statement out of every speech? Don’t people realize that their audience is probably tired of hearing about Iraq?