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There was a loud boom and then the sky caught fire, raining colorful strips of metal upon the blue people below
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| Steve with one of his students and her family |
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FACEBOOK, which sports such cool photos as this one:
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| Live Oak Terraces |
Back to DtB photos:
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| Lots of smiles |
Teacher of the Year, Diana Hurlbut
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The student speaker (right) was colorful and, well, grateful to Jesus.
(I believe that's Linda Fontanilla, VP of Student Services, at left) |
This little girl adopted me for some reason. Cute kid.
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| At one point, she insisted that she and I take turns taking pictures |
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| Unfortunately, the little girl's mom (at left) exhibited no interest in adopting me |
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| Davit K prowled around like a Secret Service agent |
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| I do well with kids and animals |
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| The back of the PAC |
Virginia, Lisa, Brittany: the women of H&L are formidable
This is the guest speaker, Mary Niven, I believe. According to the Lariat, she's "Vice President of Disney California Adventure Park and Guest Services at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif."
Pretty typical of the non-academic speakers President Roquemore seems to prefer
Always with the balloons
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| The so-called "Live Oak Terraces" seem to work well as a venue for commencement. These people found 'em and feel the need to point at 'em. "This must be them," they're saying. |
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| American Dyspeptic |
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| People like to dress up. Nice |
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| I'm still puzzled by this armpit maneuver |
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| Don't know what this is about. About somethin' though |
The student speaker was entertaining, though he ended his spiel with a reference to the Lord, not the first of the day. Pres. Roquemore seems to prefer lots of references to the Deity. Many faculty take a dim view of this and of him.
A friend of mine
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| As we all know, blue is better than red |
Hippies with flowers, I guess. Flower People
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| A proud little girl |
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| Speakers' perspective (sans studentry) |
These flowers were only two or three hundred feet to the southwest of the Oak Terraces. Check out the crops beyond. One might assume that we're running a farm college, or a farm 'n' posy college
This hawk (?) had something in his beak, dunno what. He and his pals circled above. Good thing he didn't drop that rat on somebody's head.
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| Just to the southwest: crops on campus. There's a nice vegetable stand on Jeffrey, near the PAC. I bet everybody likes that. |
The Performing Arts Center from the front
Boom!
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| These kids never stop running |
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| Free water |
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| Darryl and pals |
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| "WTF?", she said, in my imagination |
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| Reserved seating for bigwigetry, I guess |
Lots of happy families
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The quiet before the storm (4 p.m.)
Sierra saw this pic and said, "Nice landscaping" |
Yes, Commencement Bingo, a very popular game at IVC
The contents of IVC Commencements are very predictable, I'm afraid, especially now that the President has weakened faculty involvement and oversight. The process of choosing the guest speaker is absurd. Grist for the bingo mill
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| Dean of Humanities & Languages (and I-don't-know-what-else), the Chief of Police |
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| Tryin' out her IVC sunglasses. They're wondrously kitchy |
Trustee Tim Jemal, Academic Senate Prez Kathy Schmeidler
This was Jemal's first commencement with us, I think. He seemed pretty happy about it
My old pal Mark
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| More posies |
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| There was quite a turnout, lots of color. Great weather |
Howard Dachschlager got some kind of prize for leaving us, I guess, which makes sense. When his name was called, he was nowhere to be found. Natch.
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| Another kid, runnin' |
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| Karima, Virginia, Glenn, Craig |
Re prayer at commencement:
Who does Tod Burnett think he is? Saddleback Prez imposes prayer at commencement
