First, if you didn’t graduate from the U of A, or at least know something about what happens every year at graduation there, just skip this post. It won’t make any sense.

Anyway, I was reading the Wildcat and saw this article about tortilla tossing at the December commencement. Apparently, the U of A is spending $3000 and change on security at the event to stop people from tossing tortillas. Oh my god…who gives a shit? Every year, the U of A makes a big stink about tortilla tossing, and how it offends Mexicans (it doesn’t, by the way) or how it offends the hungry (again, college students ARE the hungry ones with the tuition increases), or how it offends the gays (ok, I don’t know if they used that one yet, but I’m sure it’s coming — the euphemism is just too perfect to be ignored) or some other group that actually doesn’t care if people toss tortillas.

If they would just stop making such a big fucking deal about it, people wouldn’t do it simply to spite the efforts of the asshole, PR-obsessed administrators at the school. It’s a fun tradition (though, aside from the Computer Science convocation, I didn’t actually *go* to the big whole school graduation ceremony, deemed it a WOMBAT) and I’ve not heard of one report of a tortilla-related injury.

Fuckers need to lighten the fuck up, and donate the floor tortillas to the food bank or something. Last time I checked, bums don’t have a 5-second rule.