In the 1940s, Eureka began to manufacture party tents for special occasions, fairs, and college commencements.

"It would never occur to me to speak about reproductive rights at a college commencement," she said.

I've never been to a college commencement before.

No, seriously, this is my first college commencement.

At college commencements, this is the year of the musician - particularly the top-of-the-chart singer.

I once went to a college commencement where a United States President showed up.

I handed him a copy of the newspaper article, showing him in the background at the college commencement.

We married the day after my college commencement.

This year, Administration figures have largely displaced actors and corporate executives, who dominated college commencements in 1988.

But last week's ceremony did not mean it was all over, not in the way that high school or college commencement does.