CSB: When I was an undergrad, I was given the job of covering the basketball team (early 1980s). So I drop by Bobby Cremin's office to introduce myself (and I'm quakin in my boots - Perry Clark is also there) and Bobby asks all the polite questions -- where are you from, etc.
So two years later, I actually get around to graduating, the ceremony was at the TiT - my parents were there as was the Ramblin Reck so I'm posing in front of the Reck and guess who comes up and knows my name and other details in front of my parents who never attended anything - Bobby freaking Cremins. He remembered my name, where I was from and other stuff that I don't even remember telling him.
I don't need to spell out what kind of impression this made on my parents (Mom was from Scranton, PA and Dad was a mutt from Eastern Europe).
I bring this up now to emphasize how important it is not only to graduate but to feel like you are part of the GT family.
