graduation
Teens Outraged at "No Sausage Rolls" Dress Code for Graduation
Jay Hathaway · 05/29/15 11:48AMThe senior boys of Biglerville (Pa.) High School are all getting ready to dress up in khakis and collared shirts for their graduation ceremony this month, per the school’s dress code. Meanwhile, the girls are getting ready to hide their unsightly “sausage rolls, as Mrs. Elliott calls them” also per the dress code, because everyone knows “you can’t put 10 pounds of mud in a five-pound sack.”
Almost Nobody Graduates From College On Time
Hamilton Nolan · 12/02/14 11:22AMPeople Somehow Shocked By Woman's Breastfeeding Graduation Photo
Jay Hathaway · 06/10/14 11:15AMFlorida High School Graduation Ruined By Giant Penis Etched Into Field
Adam Weinstein · 05/30/14 11:18AMThis Is Probably the Best Preschool Graduation Speech Ever Delivered
Jay Hathaway · 05/29/14 04:41PMYoung Jathan Muhar is graduating preschool in a tough job market, but he's got his priorities in order and knows exactly who he wants to be when he grows up. We could all stand to learn a thing or two from him.
Emma Watson's Friend at Graduation Was an Undercover Security Guard
Jay Hathaway · 05/27/14 10:40AMAdam Weinstein · 05/20/14 01:35PM
Senior Faces Graduation Ban for Making Science Joke in Yearbook
Taylor Berman · 05/20/14 08:00AMIn Defense of Protesting Commencement Speakers
Adam Weinstein · 05/19/14 02:09PMFake Student Wraps Up Fake College Career With Graduation Bomb Threat
Adam Weinstein · 05/19/14 09:40AMUniversities Are Starting to Crack Down on Graduation Selfies
Jay Hathaway · 04/23/14 04:00PMStephen Colbert Addresses UVA Class of 2013: 'So Self-Obsessed'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/20/13 08:42AMIn between jabs about the Wahoos snagging the top spot on Playboy's list of top party schools and personal recollections of doing some partying of his own with the girls of Phi Kappa Phi, Stephen Colbert had one pearl of wisdom to impart on the University of Virginia's Class of 2013: Feel free to be self-obsessed.
Rising GOP Star Drops Out of Commencement Over Gay Marriage-Bestiality Comparison
Maggie Lange · 04/11/13 08:35AMDr. Ben Carson, the Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and rising Republican star, announced Wednesday that he will no longer be speaking at the commencement for Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after making some inflammatory comments about gay marriage. On a Fox News appearance, Carson compared gay marriage to bestiality and pedophilia.
Caity Weaver · 10/18/12 04:29PM
Downer Commencement Speaker: 'You Are Not Special. You Are Not Exceptional.'
Louis Peitzman · 06/09/12 01:49PMRyan Gosling Attends His Mom's Graduation in Canada; Canada Freaks Out
Caity Weaver · 06/07/12 06:32PMThe Eight Kids You See In The Crowd At Your College Graduation
Drew Magary · 05/18/12 04:00PMOkay, so it's graduation time and we Gawker folk have already exhausted ourselves giving you outgoing seniors all our super sweet advice. I'm sure you won't listen to ANY of it, because you're all so damn hungover. So let's spend today craning our necks and checking out all the other grads sitting around you. Graduates fall into very distinct types, and here are a few of them.
LA High Schools Mull Lowering Grad Requirements So Everyone Can Succeed
Caity Weaver · 04/19/12 08:58PMWatch Stephen Colbert's Hilarious Northwestern Commencement Speech
Matt Cherette · 06/17/11 05:56PMThis morning in Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University's 2,800 graduating students gathered for commencement. On hand to give the commencement address? None other than alum Stephen Colbert of the class of '86, who delivered an uproarious 20-minute speech which squeezed in references to campus controversies like "Brothelgate" and a professor's infamous sex demonstration. It's embedded above for your enjoyment.