Putting aside that thing that is getting national attention, this was the last graduation ceremony that I will be able to easily wander over to. It occurs to me that when we move out of the faculty housing system in August, it will be the first time since 1988 that I won't live either on a college campus or in a just off-campus neighborhood of students and professors. Those 26 years of campus or near-campus living are essentially my entire adult life. I hope I like it out there in the cold non-ivory tower community world.
