It wasn't all pomp and circumstance at the SDSU graduation ceremony in May 1985. Students in a celebratory mood drank champagne, played with a giant beach ball, and threw paper airplanes. Valedictorian Graham Kent started his speech by asking "are we having fun now?" The answer was an exuberant yes. David Cohen talked to graduates who had various plans regarding post college life. The commencement speaker was John Scali, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1973 to 1975. From 1961, he was also a long-time correspondent for ABC News.

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