The following items are necessary for game play:

• Either a spot amongst all the other graduates or a ticket for the audience.
• Robe, cap, and all the other paraphernalia (if a graduation candidate).
• A lot of beer.

Take a drink whenever a speaker uses the words:

- bright future     - budgeting time      - debt (see also below)
- deserving         - drinking            - endurance
- faculty           - finally / at last   - fond memories
- fraternity        - friendship          - future
- hard work         - honor               - interest, -ing
- job               - knowledge           - late nights/all-nighters
- love of learning  - party               - perseverance
- preparation       - sacrifice           - sorority
- study/studies     - support             - tuition
- vision            - volunteer           - work

Take three drinks when someone quotes:

- any former president of the university
- any political figure
- a current rock hit

Slam one whenever a speaker:

- mentions the "great debt we/you owe our/your parents."
- makes a cute remark about the length of time it takes to graduate nowadays 
  (eg., "your six or seven years here"), (slam and a half if that person has 
  been out of college for more than two years)
- makes a cute remark about how hard it is to find a job right now (slam and a 
  half if that person gets paid simply to be important).
- makes a serious remark about how hard it is to find a job right now.
- mentions how many National Merit Scholars there are in this graduating class.
- mentions any of the different surveys that rank colleges and universities.
- implies that college in general, and your institution in particular, is 
  still affordable.

Slam two whenever a speaker:

- implicitly or explicitly implies that the number of National Merit Scholars 
  in this class is a measure of the quality of education this class received 
  at your institution.

Whenever a speaker makes a comment that is completely meaningless and obviously intended only to draw laughs, drink until the laughter dies out.

Whenever a graduate's friends and relatives are tacky enough to cheer/yell/etc. when their name is read, drink until they stop.

Drink until you lose it whenever a speaker quotes the Grateful Dead.

When in doubt, drink.