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A few hours of sitting to celebrate years of not sitting still.
square hatThe mortarboard mimics a medieval scholar's biretta cap
tassel flipMoving it left-to-right marks your official status change
latin rootsComes from gradus, meaning step or degree
pomp soundThat song is Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March
cap tossWest Point's 1912 class started the hat-throwing tradition