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Well, we’ve made it to the end of the year. Another memorable semester in the books.

We were blessed this year with our new collective pet Pebbles, President Jonathan Koppell’s selfies called Kopellfies and finally, new dining services which include a pub. All of these have certainly taken the edge off the stress of being in college.

But sadly, it’s time for the seniors to get ready to leave Montclair State University and venture off into the real world. Whether that be graduate school, a career or a job to help them move out.

While the event of graduating is important to students, some students rarely care about the ceremony itself. Why? Because ours just doesn’t feel as special.

A lot of universities get celebrities to speak at their commencement ceremonies.

New York University got the legendary pop-country-indie singer songwriter Taylor Swift to speak at their graduation.

Harvard got “Saturday Night Live” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Andy Samberg.

It’s not just the Ivy leagues.

Even Falls Church High School in Fairfax, Virginia got Oscar winning actor, writer, and director Ben Affleck to give a speech at their graduation ceremony.

We’re not even having a speaker this year. We didn’t even get a speaker last year.

What’s it going to take to get a celebrity speaker at commencement? If we have to give Taylor Swift another honorary degree then that’s what we have to do. We have plenty of those.

Students work so hard for four or more years, and they don’t get the same treatment as…

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