by Heather Coit

Niesha Wheat, left, lets her mother, Clemerstean Wheat, center, and aunt, Sabrina Pope, reaching in at far left, put the finishing touches on her graduation garb as her uncle, Triandos Pope, far right, and his daughter, Trianah Pope, 20 months, all of Chicago, look on. They were outside Foellinger Auditorium in Urbana where Wheat, a speech communication major, was preparing for the philosophy and speech communication graduation ceremony on Saturday.