British university bans hat-throwing, offers to Photoshop mortarboards
 

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.*

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"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...


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