700 degrees issued at YSU graduation

YOUNGSTOWN — The best of times and the worst of times.

That’s how Dr. David Sweet, president of Youngstown State University, summed up what lay both behind and ahead of the university’s most recent graduating class.

Some 700 degrees were issued during fall commencement activities this afternoon at YSU’s Beeghly Center.

Referring to the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, “A Tale of Two Cities,” Sweet said the completion of their education, culminating in graduation, is the best of times for the class of 2008.

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