Inquirer staff writer Zoe Tillman reports:
Paul Jackson, 19, from Levittown, Pa., played hooky today with 53 other students from Philadelphia University, in East Falls, to attend the ceremonies.
“First the World Series and now this!” exclaimed Jackson, wearing an Eagles hat and a Phillies Championship sweatshirt. “I wanted to say I was here.”
Jackson and his fellow classmates will be on the 7:20 p.m. bus back to Philadelphia tonight. They all have classes in the morning.
(Their school used to be the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science.)
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