11.   Instead of hiring Madison Avenue marketing mavens to hide behind one-way mirrors, the speaker has a face-to-face chat with the graduating seniors.

12.   It is the last day of school at Prior Lake High School in suburban Minneapolis, and Elinor Burkett wanders the halls, gossiping with the graduating seniors.

13.   It is traditional at Sidwell for the parent of a graduating senior to give the commencement address.

14.   Last year was a great one for graduating seniors, and it looks like this year is even better.

15.   Like many graduating seniors this spring, her mind has been changed by the events of the past four years.

16.   Like many graduating seniors, Poth has already been spoken for.

17.   Mills ascends the stage, like a graduating senior.

18.   No Mr. Northside contest, an honor awarded to a lone graduating senior.

19.   On the subject of graduating seniors in big-time collegiate sports, there is always the urge to sermonize, whatever the reality and mitigating circumstances might be.

20.   Senate is still discussing a requirement for exit exams for graduating seniors.