COLUMBIA — A lone hand shot up in the fourth row of gowned graduates at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources commencement ceremony. It belonged to the only person among a sea of 152 graduating seniors who responded to Dean Thomas Payne’s question: “Who of all of you is texting right now?”
Graduation ceremonies continue with six MU schools and colleges
Saturday, December 18, 2010 | 7:58 p.m. CST;
updated 5:24 p.m. CST, Sunday, December 19, 2010
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