Jayson Holt, of Mt. Vernon, NY, reacts to the announcement of the School of Business, at the Southern Connecticut State University at Webster Bank Arena Friday morning.

PHOTOS BY BRAD HORRIGAN|borrigan@courant.com

Let the graduations begin! Courant photographer Brad Horrigan was on hand to cover the SCSU commencement ceremonies held at Webster Arena in Bridgeport Friday morning. Stay tuned to this space for lots more graduations all week.

Southern Connecticut State University commencement exercises at Webster Bank Arena Friday morning.

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream gives graduates a samples of ice cream after they receive their diplomas at the Southern Connecticut State University at Webster Bank Arena Friday morning.

Hartford police officer, Jim Elliott, of Avon, is hosting a benefit for the Newtown Memorial Fund, this Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Russian Lady in Hartford. The benefit will be followed by a ride to circle the circumference of Connecticut in 26 hours on June 14, six months after the massacre at Sandy Hook School. Elliott is training every day to build up to 550 miles a week as the ride date nears. He said he is riding to represent the law enforcement community of Connecticut and his U.S. military cycling team. Elliott is riding for one hour for each of the 26 children, teachers and staff lost. “I don’t mind suffering for the 26 hours to honor all the victims,” he said.

It definitely is.

Didn’t John Beluschi and Dan Aykroyd do this skit? The Killer Bees?

Don’t mess with this guy. Ever.

Its a thought, I think. Or maybe a backwards song.

One of its nine lives, and its a doozie.

Here’s looking at you, Kid.

This would make a great tee shirt, I think.

Have you seen this man? I know, every Zombie looks alike.

Tastefully done, of course.

Its eternal, but this love letter is probably already gone.

Shades of Picasso?

Another great tag

Munch has nothing on this guy.

Some of its so beautiful you want to take it home. But you can’t. Pictures are good, though.

Much of the time the art is in the artist’s name itself.

Somebody spray painted “Monsters are Real!” on the concrete. Here’s proof.

The walls at Heaven are constantly evolving, constantly changing. That’s the beauty of it.

Christina Choute, of Hartford, poses in front of a mural on a recent trip with friends.

President Barack Obama raises his hand with a question during a visit to a pre-K class at Moravia Park Elementary School on May 17, 2013, in Baltimore, Maryland. Obama is visiting Baltimore on what the administration called his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

2013.05.17 – Willimantic, CT – Sister Mark, principal of St. Mary – St. Joseph School in Willimantic, lifts a blind to allow fresh air into a classroom where priests’ vestments (foreground) and other items were brought after last night’s fire at the 110-year-old St. Mary Church. Nine companies responded to the three alarm fire that broke out Thursday evening just blocks from a street festival. No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com

2013.05.16 – Durham, CT – Al Kostuk, of Durham, stirs a batch of kettle corn at the Durham Farmer’s Market on the town green Thursday. Kostuk, a retired mechanic, is the proprietor of Pisgah Mountain Primitives and gives early American living history demonstrations, including open fire cooking and blacksmithing. He cooks and sells the kettle corn at the market every Thursday afternoon.

There are some who believe it’s the red carpet because of the (nearly) bloody battles between photographers for the best position, the best angle, that split-second that will make their image stand out from all the others. Sharp elbows and sharper tongues are the background music for the drama that plays out on the stage of cinema and stardom.

French model and designer Ines de la Fressange arrives for the screening of the film “Young and Beautiful,” May 16, 2013, at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. AFP PHOTO / POOL / OLIVIER ANRIGOOLIVIER

Chinese actress and member of the Un Certain Regard Jury Zhang Ziyi poses during a photocall, on May 16, 2013, at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. AFP PHOTO/ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULATANNE/AFP/Getty Images

Model Cindy Crawford poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film ‘The Great Gatsby’ and for the opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Pudsey attends “Pudsey: The Movie” photocall during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2013 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

2013.05.16 – Old Saybrook, CT – Lighthouses, like greenhouses, are appreciated largely in spring and summer when we return to the outdoors and enjoy gardens and beaches alike. Lighthouses are part of New England’s iconography, like maple syrup, foliage and rocky beaches. The Breakwater Light is not open to the public. Photo by JOHN WOIKE | woike@courant.com

2013.05.15 – Simsbury, CT – The Simsbury High School Crew teams were out for a training session on the Farmington River Wednesday afternoon. The teams will be competing in the Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association Sprints Championship at Lake Waramaug this coming Sunday. Photo was taken with my Nikon D300s, transferred to my iPhone using an Eye-Fi card then filtered through Instagram. Photo by JOHN WOIKE | woike@courant.com

2013.05.15 – Old Saybrook, CT – Dede Brown (third from left) laughs as she is offered a deck of cards by Virginia Bundonis of Old Saybrook while playing with Ogden Bigelow (L) of Essex Meadows and Phil McNemer during a bridge tournament at the Old Saybrook Pavilion. The weekly tournament, played every Wednesday from 12-4, is sponsored by Old Saybrook Parks and Recreation and is directed by Claire Sauer of Lyme. Sauer, who started the duplicate bridge game about ten years ago says “duplicate bridge is often very cutthroat,” but because master points are not rewarded the Old Saybrook game has a reputation “as a friendly game.” Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com