{"id":1048,"date":"2017-04-27T13:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2017-04-27T13:59:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T18:59:18","slug":"little-known-commencement-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/little-known-commencement-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Little-Known Commencement Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol reversed=\"\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/15980365286_194ff76319_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1049 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/15980365286_194ff76319_k-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"President Olson at WSU's Commencement\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/15980365286_194ff76319_k-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/15980365286_194ff76319_k-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/15980365286_194ff76319_k-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.winona.edu\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/15980365286_194ff76319_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>University Mace contains water cannon in case the crowd gets unruly.<\/li>\n<li>To date, zero complaints that \u201cthere just weren\u2019t enough speeches.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Presidential Medallion contains unknown material recovered from Area 51.<\/li>\n<li>Provost keeps a car running in the Gold Lot in case there\u2019s trouble.<\/li>\n<li>Sharp-eyed audience members can spot the faculty grading furiously.<\/li>\n<li>Video stream of the ceremony won a Golden Globe in 1996.<\/li>\n<li>Diploma covers include an \u201cacademic frequent flyer\u201d card: earn ten degrees from WSU and your eleventh degree is half-price!<\/li>\n<li>WSU\u2019s \u201cAlma Mater\u201d was a top-forty hit for \u201cThe Captain and Tennille\u201d in 1976 (B-side: \u201cMuskrat Love\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>Cabinet members follow medieval tradition of wearing 50 lbs. of chain mail under their robes.<\/li>\n<li>It doesn\u2019t matter how many times we do this: every single participant will miss these students when they\u2019re gone!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Mace contains water cannon in case the crowd gets unruly. To date, zero complaints that \u201cthere just weren\u2019t enough speeches.\u201d Presidential Medallion contains unknown material recovered from Area 51. Provost keeps a car running in the Gold Lot in case there\u2019s trouble. Sharp-eyed audience members can spot the faculty grading furiously. 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