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| Articles about Commencement |
| | St. Peter's Prep has 130th commencement | | 2008-06-07 17:07:00 | | St. Peter's Prep recently celebrated its 130th commencement. Days before, the school had its annual Baccalaureate Mass. Here, the Rev. Tony Azzarto, S.J., blesses one of the graduates as is tradition at the Mass.... | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| | | Suspended commencement | | 2007-05-05 15:49:00 | | The bells have ceased their tolling and most of the Dodge Caravans left three hours ago. Another graduation ceremony has passed and several hundred people are now officially (and presumably) launched onto bigger and better things. Those involved no doubt sensed the monumental nature of the event with their family thronging about cajoling them to pose for endless photos. The campus, however, is now barren, the only movement belonging to the few straggling employees removing the decorative banners brought out only for the occasion. The cool gray sky and the calls of birds accentuate the unusual vacancy.I recall watching my family’s minivan pull away after being dropped off my freshman year. I wondered what I was in for and if I had made the biggest mistake of my life. Five years later and this town seems more like home than where I grew up. The irony is that I want to leave this place. Many of my friends graduated with me last year and left. The few who also enrolled in the M.A. program here are likely transferring. Aside from my fiancee, my brother and his wife, and the remaining close friends in town, I feel that there’s nothing left for me here. This place is hollow, forever etched in my mind as the location where I lived out the hardest years of my life. A solemn edifice memorializing my struggles.Only one year remains until the completion of my program, after which I hope for a dramatic change in locale. I know the time will pass quickly but it can feel as if I’m treading water in a stagnant pond while wishing for the coast. I picture moving to a city with greater diversity in character and residents, a place where culture is rich and organic. I’m not under the delusion that contentment is found solely in possessions and locations, but I feel as if my life has stalled. Like the next stage will begin only after graduation. The thought crosses my mind that I may always feel this way; that my life will never be ultimately satisfying. I believe that after mar... | | By: Despair and Coffee | | |
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