Rhode Island’s Bryant University is asking students to resist the urge to take selfies with its president while receiving their diplomas.
University President Ronald Machtley says students ask him to take selfies on the Smithfield campus all the time. He says, however, that having more than 800 students snap photos with him as they get their degrees will slow down the already hours-long ceremony.
He says he would be happy to take some photos afterward.
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照片:歐新社
Students will be able to take photos until the start of the May 17 graduation and post them to a new Web site hosted by the university.
Senior and Worcester, Massachusetts native Ali Luthman says that some students might be upset about the no-selfies rule, but “no one is crying about it.”
(AP)
羅德島州的布萊恩特大學要求學生克制在領取文憑時,跟校長玩自拍的衝動。
該校校長隆納德.梅克利說,他在史密斯菲爾德校園裡總是會遇到要求跟他自拍的學生。但他說,跟超過八百名學生在他們拿到學位時拍快照,會延宕原本已長達數小時的畢業典禮。
他說,他很樂於事後跟同學們照相。
學生們可以在五月十七日的畢業典禮之前拍照,以及把照片貼到該校的一個新網站上。
該校大四生、來自麻薩諸塞州伍卻斯特的阿里.陸斯曼說,有些學生可能會對禁止自拍的規定感到沮喪,但「沒人為此哀號抱怨。」
(美聯社/翻譯:張沛元)
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