A Walk Around The Lawn: Preparing Graduation 2017
It takes about a week. First, the ramps and fences go up. Then the bundles of folding chairs appear. The stage and video screens go up next. Finally, the chairs open in ordered rows. Security personell watch over them day and night. Late in the afternoons, students and parents take photos around the Rotunda. Horn players practice a fanfare. On Saturday, several thousand graduates will march down The Lawn, and thousands more parents and family members will celebrate. Everyone
Around Town: The Corner
The Corner is a quarter mile of swag shops, greasy spoons, restaurants, and convenience stores along University Ave., roughly from about Chancellor street to the 14th street railroad bridge. In days past, bookstores and a cafeteria served university students across the street from the medical school. Today, the names of long gone stores are still painted on the sides of buildings, but a few historical bars and restaurants are still in business. At The White Spot, you can sti
