The University of Southern California marched on with its commencement ceremony despite rain, nixing umbrellas and instead waterproofing graduates with ponchos. Michelle Valles reports for the NBC4 News at Noon on Friday, May 15, 2015.
Rain brought by an unseasonably cold spring storm did not stop USC's outdoor commencement ceremony Friday morning.
Some of the school's ceremonies, including the main ceremony at the school's Alumni Park, were not going to be covered, meaning many students and their guests would have to brave the inclement weather, rare for Southern California, without any umbrellas.
"The Main USC Ceremony is an outdoor ceremony and will not be covered. Umbrellas are not permitted during the ceremony," said a school advisory posted online.
Ponchos were allowed at the USC ceremony, however.
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Two Cal State schools in the Los Angeles areas adapted their commencement ceremonies.
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Cal State Dominguez Hills pushed its ceremony back from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., while Cal State Northridge was scheduled to hold its first commencement Friday evening after canceling its honors convocation.
People attending USC's commencement posted their thoughts to social media:
singing in the rain #USCgrad #foughton #FightOn @USC pic.twitter.com/nq2gI3mpWC — lo (@LSundine1) May 15, 2015
4 years of drought commences with rain @usc graduation. #USCgrad pic.twitter.com/CawKOElaZ0 — Elyse PG (@elysepg) May 15, 2015
At http://t.co/uhQCmrwevY — Welp this rain is pretty serious now. Who are you LA? #USC #fighton #trojans #USC #t … pic.twitter.com/igNPVExQCj — The USC Scene (@scenesfromusc) May 15, 2015
City News Service contributed to this report.
