HS student denied diploma

This seems really harsh to me, especially since the poor kid will never get a second shot at walking at his hs graduation. If the same etiquette codes were enforced at Cal's graduation, half the student body would walk sans diploma.
I read this article on yahoo news:
A Very Costly Kiss: Senior Denied Diplomaby by Mike Krumboltz For teens, there is no greater joy than graduating high school. Shaking off the shackles of education and claiming that hard-fought diploma is truly an epic day. Unfortunately, for several students at Bonny Eagle High School in Maine, their natural exuberance has led to some surprisingly serious problems.On Friday night, when the senior class was waiting to graduate, excitement began to grow. Students bounced a large inflatable rubber duck. The noise level rose. And then came "the kiss." When called, one student walked on stage to receive his diploma and blew a kiss to his family. The school administrator, clearly not the sentimental sort, sent the student back to his seat ... sans diploma.
The rest of the article can be found at www.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92681?fp=1