Special Sunday For the Nation

by Nestor on Jun 17, 2007 9:20 AM PDT in Events

Happy Fathers to day to everyone.

Have you called your Dad yet?

Happy Fathers to day to all the Dads here on BN - Menelaus, Meriones, Ajax, Achilles, Class of 66, Fox71 and many others - who help make this place the most passionate, engaged, and intellectually honest Bruin online community around the internets.

Now this is a special Sunday for this Nation. We've got Dad Day today on top of the graduation weekend. Again want to extrend our congratulations to every member of the UCLA class of 2007.

Graduation (06) at the Catheral of College Basketball
Photo Credit/Source: Big Willie Style's Photo Stream

From my experience 4 and 2/3 quarters in Westwood was Paradise. But life only got better from there on as an alum of one of the finest universities in the world. And for our newest graduates on BN, I just have a simple message. This is a family in its truest sense. We are here for each other. If you need help, suggestions, ideas on what you want to do next (i.e. whereever you want to go to law school, med school, what cities you want to live in) we are here for you. Fire away with questions. Don't be shy to engage the hundreds, thousands of alums who are coming to BN every day to get their blue and gold fix.

So congratualtions to all our newest graduates and a Happy Father's Day to the Nation.

Enjoy your Sunday.

GO BRUINS.

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Great post

And congratulations to all.

As N said above, we are all part of the UCLA family (by the way, family members sometimes fight with each other--it does happen).

Why not use your family as a resource? For myself, I have learned, solely from BN, the best places for pizza throughout the country and where to get the best, ahem, "services" in New York. Fox may have already picked himself up some new spiffy UCLA club head covers based on info learned from BN.

On a more serious note, a lot of us have been alums for years. We are all over the country and have been to many different post-graduate schools. We've held all sorts of different jobs. Alumni are happy, willing and, in fact, EAGER to help out new graduates with questions, advice, etc.. Asking for advice is free, and the advice you get is free. Why not use it?

N already said all of this, in different words, but it bears repeating.

Congrats all-around again.

by Barnes2JJ on Jun 17, 2007 10:17 AM PDT reply actions

Not to mention

We have bona fide, top line wedding planning consultant here on BN.

by Nestor on Jun 17, 2007 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

By default

But I will offer any advice on how to plan a Bruin wedding. Of course, I always try to help out a fellow Bruin whenever I can. I have to return the favor. Congrat to the Class of 2007!

by bruinbabe2000 on Jun 17, 2007 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Bruinbabe2000

Speaking of getting married, did we ever see any wedding pix?

BillSouthBay

by Mensgym on Jun 17, 2007 1:00 PM PDT reply actions

She posted them on the board

just check the recent archives

by trainwreck84 on Jun 17, 2007 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow....

I just realized it's 10 years to the day that I graduated, Kareem gave our commencement speach as well..... man, how the time flies by. Congrats to all the new Bruin alums!!!!!

Go Bruins, Go Howland, F-Lavin, and let's get rid of Dorrell....

by BruinManDan97 on Jun 17, 2007 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

Hate to spoil the happy dad's day celebration

but CBS Sunday Morning had a short article on Bill and Luke Walton.

No pictures of Bill in UCLA gear, but two pictures of him rooting for his son wearing UA gear.

Damn you Lavin!!!!

"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"

by silverlakebruin on Jun 17, 2007 4:33 PM PDT reply actions

Another congrats to the grads...

I still remember that wonderful day in 2000 in Pauley Pavilion...what a great experience that I am fortunate to have experienced and glad that the class of '07 had that same experience too. I just finished the MPA program at CSULB and my most recent grad experience sucked (for failure to find a better word) compared to the UCLA one in 2000. Don't ever forget the experience and know that you are a part of a chosen and extremely honored/ proud few...and to reiterate the above posts, your fellow alums are here to help.

by meow meow on Jun 17, 2007 9:18 PM PDT reply actions

2000 ceremony

That was when I walked too. However I had a horrible case of the (gin) flu. I just wanted to get home and watch Tiger Woods lap the field up at Pebble. The day did get better, the VCR actually taped the Open (how did we survive before TiVO) and dinner was at the Pacific Dining Car with an awesome bottle of Cab.

by MOlson on Jun 17, 2007 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I had the (bud light) flu too that day...

but I still had a great time and it will always be one of my most memorable experiences...minus the splitting headache, as a result of the night before, when I contracted the flu.

by meow meow on Jun 18, 2007 7:07 AM PDT reply actions

I had to graduate in LATC

You must have been social studies majors. I was humanities. I did have Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes, as my speaker, which was pretty cool.

by bruinbabe2000 on Jun 18, 2007 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions

So did I

It was hot on the court in 1995! And Chancellor Young referred to our class as Class of 1955! Though he corrected himself. Our speaker was a professor I think...can't remember who.

My roommate then gave the student speech at the ceremony in LATC in 1996. It was hilarious.

by tasser10 on Jun 18, 2007 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions

When I graduated UCLAW in '97...

... (I know, not a June ceremony, but still...) our guest speaker was Reverend Jesse Jackson. Now, regardless of your political leanings, Jackson is a heckuva speaker.

Having sung a solo during commencement exercises, I got to be up on the dais with the notables. After the ceremony, the Rev. was kind enough to shake my hand and congratulate me.

At that time, however, I took it upon my self to ask for an autograph. He graciously agreed, and asked if I'd wanted him to autograph the program, or the black folder I had with me.

Nope. Instead, I oepned the folder and handed him a book regarding one of his greatest oratorical achievements...

"Green Eggs and Ham," by Dr. Seuss.

Honest to God. I'd seen him read it on an SNL/ Weekend Update sketch back in Fall 1991 with some friends in my dorm, and darned if it was not one of the funniest things I'd ever seen.

The Rev. saw it, and after an initial outburst of "Good Lord!" and an incredulous smile, he signed it "Keep Hope Alive. Rev. Jesse Jackson."

Honest to God.

WHY NOT US? WHY NOT NOW?

by Meriones on Jun 18, 2007 2:46 PM PDT reply actions