COLLEGE BANS THROWING OF GRADUATION CAPS...

College bans mortarboard throwing, says it'll Photoshop them in later.

The tradition of throwing the hats into the air after graduating has been around for more than 100 years, but a university in the U.K. now wants to do things a little differently.

Citing safety concerns, officials at the University of East Anglia (UEA) said this year graduates should simply pretend to throw their mortarboards skyward, adding that the photography firm taking the pictures will Photoshop them in later.

Penguin Photography said it's been taking graduation photos for the last 20 years, offering graduates two prints: a formal photograph and a mortar board-throwing photograph.

"This year we were asked by UEA not to do the photo of students throwing their mortarboards in the air, due to safety reasons," the company said.

"Rather than lose this classic photograph completely, we have offered to continue the mortarboard-throwing photograph tradition by offering to Photoshop the hats in afterwards. We have actually reduced the price of this second photograph in recognition of it not being ideal."

A spokesperson for the university, located about 80 miles north-east of London, told ITV News that the decision follows "a number of injuries over recent years to graduates hurt by falling mortarboards."... 

SOURCE ITV NEWS