I am posting this diary at the request of several Dailykos members and because of the desire to let people know what happened to me and my husband on his graduation day at Madison Square Garden, yesterday, May 19.
My husband was supposed to be celebrating 6 years of long, hard, groundbreaking work that cost us countless hours of time, effort, and money. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the New School with honors. We spent a nice morning celebrating at the NSSR graduation ceremony and then having lunch with his faculty advisors and family. My husband took a taxi with his friend and two faculty advisors over to Madison Square Garden and I followed with my two young children.
When I arrived, my husband was standing outside Madison Square Garden by the student entrance. He called to me and said, "They won't let me in." He explained what happened as he had entered the building with his friend.
