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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A group of grad students is trying to get 10 people
together to do a group order on PhD regalia. The prices are $500
individually (we hear up to $900 if you order it all through the campus
bookstore), $400 if we can get 10 people on the order. One dropped out and
there are currently 9.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm ordering one myself because I didn't do the
whole hooding thing when I got my PhD but now I want one because it's good for
lecturers to make an appearance at commencement - assuming we'll continue to be
invited as we were when Wartella was EVC. The UCR models are quite
impressive, if you haven't seen them; we all look like Henry VIII. On the
other hand, UCR will lend you a free plain black cap and gown to appear at
commencement.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anyone wants to get in on this order, please
contact Que-Lam Huynh directly, <A
href="mailto:que-lam.huynh@email.ucr.edu">que-lam.huynh@email.ucr.edu</A>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Sandy Baringer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>