“It doesn't feel fulfilling when you don't have all of the main loved ones in your life that were supporting you through college not even be able to show up; it dampens the whole experience, mentally and emotionally for sure," said Gray Krikl, a graduating theater student at San Francisco State University, describing the impact of limited commencement tickets. For years, SFSU's commencement ticket distribution system has been fundamentally broken. The current approach — giving each graduating student a flat seven tickets — ignores the needs of the student body and has created a desperate scramble that forces students to either exclude family members or pay exorbitant prices for additional tickets. This system is a slap in the face to students from large families, for which seven tickets simply aren’t enough.  “I have an immediate family of 11,” said Michelle Martinez, an English literature student. “I already knew people were gonna have to get cut from that list." This limitation f...