Letters to the Editor

Scoreboard has potential for graduation

We are two seniors who recently graduated with thousands of other students like us. We were excited to officially clamor into the stadium once more with our fellow departing classmates to celebrate the impressions we have made at this school, as well as the impressions that have undoubtedly been made on each of us throughout these four (or maybe more) years. We realize that unlike other smaller schools, we did not have the means, nor the time, to listen to our names being individually read and have our accomplishment announced to all who were present on that day. But then we thought about where we graduated and how vast our sports complex is. How could we have communicated to the masses at graduation our presence as individuals, yet our presence as a student body simultaneously? Our minds leapt to the scoreboard and its potential. A vision of a seemingly endless stream of names that would flash throughout the graduation ceremonies so that all graduates could find themselves within the masses and all family members, friends and other celebrants could see for themselves the sheer size of the success and the parts that comprise our accomplishment. We propose that the administration please consider using the stadium scoreboard to display the names of those in future graduating classes at commencement. What do you think, Lee?

Beth Havach

Ahran Kang

University Alumni

05-17-99