A new Dr Mu

Mu has been a PhD student in my department over the past three or four

years; yesterday he was awarded his degree. I sat on stage and took

pictures of the people I knew, including Mu. He had a moment before

been given the hood for his degree by the Dean of Graduate Studies

(which hood another student on the right is about to get), and had

just been congratulated by the Chancellor of the university whom he is

just turning from.



The October graduation ceremonies are always more spare than the May

ones. As a result, the balcony was nearly empty. On stage here are a

former Chair of the Board of Regents (the brilliantly bald pate), and

ahead of him A. M. Curren who a few minutes later received an honorary

doctorate. Curren gave an excellent speech to the students, urging

them to read Naomi Klein's new book (This Changes Everything) and to

save the world.