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Universitas - Issue 30.3 (Summer 2004)

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Summer 2004 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis UniversityT H E M AG A Z I N E O F S A I N T L O U I S U N I V E R S I T Y S U M M E R 2 0 0 4 By Lawrence Biondi, S.J. Saint Louis University President Aside from the traditional pomp and circumstance we can expect at a graduation ceremony, I know there are certain Saint Louis University traditions I can count on. For example, it is a given that a fleet of paper airplanes will fly through Savvis Center during commencement. (Their launch can be traced to Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology students who are ready to leave the hangar, so to speak.) In addition, students from the School of Medicine and School of Nursing will stand to applaud each other in a sign of mutual respect. A few mor-tarboards will display messages such as “Hire Me” or “Hi Mom” Pictures will pop at an unprecedented rate. And, of course, I will experience a wide range of emotions — quite as I imagine a parent does — because our graduating seniors are set to begin a new, exciting chapter in their lives. I have had the privi-lege of chatting with many of our students during their time here, and I recently sat down with one of our graduates. I was happy to hear that his experi-ences at SLU prepared him well for what...
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