The cartoon presents a graduate in a blue cap and gown standing on a path. The figure holds a tassel and has an open mouth. A speech bubble above contains the exact text about moving the tassel from the right side to the left side after graduation to show that college made us all liberals. Two other figures stand to the right, one woman with blonde hair and sunglasses wearing a green dress and one man in a gray suit. A building with columns is visible on the left side of the frame. Green bushes and a tree fill the background under a blue sky. The drawing uses simple lines and flat colors with no additional elements shown.

The composition places the graduate on the left facing the two adults on the right. The speech bubble occupies the upper center area. The watermark appears in the top left corner along with the artist signature. No other text or objects are present in the image.

The visible elements consist only of the three figures, the building, the path, the foliage, and the speech bubble with its text. The tassel is shown detached from the cap and held in the graduate's hand.