The concept of receiving a degree comes from Islam and is associated with getting a degree from a set curriculum, said Glen Cooper, BYU ... of Graduation.' Four different colors of tassels ...

If every tassel on every graduation cap was always meant to go on the same side, it might be easier to remember which side that was. But that’s not how it works: Some tassels start on one side ...

It began to rain Saturday at the first-ever Lavender Graduation for Brigham Young University’s LGBT students, but most in attendance were used to proceeding in less than ideal conditions.