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05-18-2016, 12:31 PM
British university bans hat-throwing, offers to Photoshop mortarboards
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LONDON — A British university has banned the traditional hat-throwing tradition on graduation day, claiming it poses an "unacceptable risk" of injury.*
The University of East Anglia (UAE) in **rwich said a number of students have been injured over recent years by falling mortarboards.*
SEE ALSO: 17 graduation caps voted most likely to tickle your funny bone (http://mashable.com/2016/05/10/graduation-caps-16/)
"This is an unacceptable risk and we want to ensure ** student’s graduation day is ruined by the potential for avoidable injury," the institution said in a statement to*Mashable.*"This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/british-university-hat-throwing-mortarboards/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — A British university has banned the traditional hat-throwing tradition on graduation day, claiming it poses an "unacceptable risk" of injury.*
The University of East Anglia (UAE) in **rwich said a number of students have been injured over recent years by falling mortarboards.*
SEE ALSO: 17 graduation caps voted most likely to tickle your funny bone (http://mashable.com/2016/05/10/graduation-caps-16/)
"This is an unacceptable risk and we want to ensure ** student’s graduation day is ruined by the potential for avoidable injury," the institution said in a statement to*Mashable.*"This has been agreed by our academic dress suppliers who often receive back damaged mortarboards, and our photographers." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/british-university-hat-throwing-mortarboards/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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