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Publication Notice:

This special Graduation Edition of The Exponent will be the only publication this week.

The Exponent will start its summer publication of Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning May 14.

School of Technology graduates most students

• Friday, May 11 8 p.m. Schools of Agriculture; Management; Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences.

• Saturday, May 12 9:30 a.m. Schools of Engineering and Education.

• Saturday, May 12 2:30 p.m. Schools of Science and Technology

• Sunday, May 13 9:30 a.m. Schools of Consumer Sciences; Liberal Arts and Veterinary Medicine.

* all ceremonies take place at the Elliott Hall of Music.

By Laura Pelner
Campus Editor

In the past, the May graduates from the School of Technology usually all fit on one side of the Elliott Hall of Music.

This year, however, the school's graduates will be sitting in both sides of the music hall.

This May, more students are graduating then ever before and the school is actually going to start controlling enrollment because Don Gentry, dean of the School of Technology, said it has probably topped out.

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University monitors to stop fountain runs

Kurt Esposito/ Summer Editor

WATER WONDERLAND: Nicole Mazza, a freshman in the School of Liberal Arts, and Jennifer Pagano, a freshman in the School of Management, walk through the Loeb fountain on Friday. The Loeb Fountain and the Class of 1939 fountain will be turned on periodically during the graduation ceremonies. Walking through the fountains is allowed, but any running or horseplay is prohibited.

 

It has been a tradition for seniors to make a "fountain run" upon graduating from Purdue — a tradition that ends this year.

On April 9 the Purdue administration announced a decision to erect fences around the campus's two main fountains, the Class of 1939 water sculpture on the Purdue Mall and the Loeb Fountain at Founders Park. The purpose of the fences was to ensure no one would get hurt in the fountains.

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Son of doctoral student accepts degree for deceased father

When 18-year-old Emilio Vargas is handed a diploma on the stage of the Elliott Hall of Music during Saturday morning's graduation ceremony, holding back his emotions won't be easy.

This doctorate degree he is receiving, however, isn't his. He is accepting a Ph.D. in education on behalf of his father, Andrès who died of cancer on Oct. 16, 1999.

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