I should have walked in UVSC’s graduation ceremony on the 27th . The fact is, I just didn’t care to. After all those years it just felt like one more thing I was making myself do in the name of my diploma. I am a little saddened that I didn’t see my professors one last time, but I think I was an average face in a sea of students anyway. Originally, I was going to walk so that my children would see it. You know....... it’s for the children. Then the thought occurred to me that they actually had to live the process! So, a boring commencement probably wouldn’t drive the point home.

At any rate, our commencement wasn’t nearly the deal it was for my friends at our rival school down the road. It was Kevin Rollins, the CEO dude from Dell who spoke at our ceremony. Incidentally, I think it was the same guy that spoke at my brother’s ceremony (will you check on that bro?). Up the road at the BYU, the VP of the USA enlightened the valley with his glow. It was a good choice for him to come here. As controversial as it was, it probably would have been more so anywhere else. Alas, I was working during the thing.

Speaking of my alma mater, it will be changing formats and becoming Utah Valley University July 1st of next year. This is all good and well, and makes me very happy because it has been a long hard fight. It is a sad thing, but Utah culture finds very little value in education. Sure, our legislators will deny it, but their actions have ALWAYS told a different story. For far too long they looked at UVSC as BYU’s junior college. Kudos to Presidents Sederburg and Romesburg for a hard fought win.

Just think, now there is at least one place in Utah Valley where unhampered, academic, critical thought can take place.

I’m sorry, I just had to. You know how us high-schoolers at UVSC have a chip on our shoulder.