Views From Campus in May

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Spring is a time for festivals, celebrations, and a celestial visitor.

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Group from the tree dedication ceremony
Members of the 线上赌场 community read the names of those who died while at 线上赌场 during the dedication of a Hawthorn tree outside Rollins Chapel. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Flower blooming
Flowers bloom across campus, welcoming spring with vibrant hues. (Photo by Eli Burakian 鈥00)
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Faculty members playing Jazz
Faculty members Michael Zsoldos on the saxophone, Jesse Taitt on the piano, and Tim Sessions on the trombone play a spot of jazz in the East Reading Room of Baker Library. (Photo by Eli Burakian 鈥00)
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Esme Lee drawing dandelions
Esme Lee 鈥24 draws freshly sprouted dandelions.  (Photo by Eli Burakian 鈥00)
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Reed Macey and Kelly Timmes relaxing on the green
Reed Macey 鈥24 and Kelly Timmes 鈥24 relax on the Green with chess and a book. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Flowers blooming
A bed of flowers begin to bloom as spring makes its way to campus. (Photo by Eli Burakian 鈥00)
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George Takei gives the Star Trek Vulcan salute
Star Trek actor George Takei gives the Vulcan salute to an enthusiastic audience at the Hanover Inn last week. Now a political activist, social media celebrity, and writer, Takei was on campus in early May as a Montgomery Fellow. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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George Takei receives standing ovation
Montgomery Fellow George Takei received standing ovations before and after his public talk last week at the Hanover Inn. As a young boy, the future Star Trek actor-turned-activist and his family were held in an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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The Vietnam table at the International Street Food Fair
Students sample food at the Vietnam table set up for the International Street Food Fair. (Photo by Benjamin Joel 鈥27)
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Students looks for Pride stickers at the event.
Dankweli Mwaka 鈥27, Li Conway 鈥24, and T.T. Chen 鈥25 look for stickers at the Green Lambda booth staffed by Thayer PhD student Riley Renee Flores during this year鈥檚 线上赌场 Pride celebrations. (Photo by Beam Lertbunnaphongs 鈥25)
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Aerial view of new copper roof on Rauner Library.
The Rauner Special Collections Library is sporting a new copper roof as part of a renovation project that also included replacing and restoring the building鈥檚 copper detailing, cornices, and decorative corbels. (Photo by Robert Gill)
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Students throw colored powder at each other during the festival
Thomas Mitchell 鈥27 and Celine Romero Garcia 鈥24 throw colored powder at each other during the festive J鈥檕uvert, the daybreak celebration that signals the start of Carnival. The theme of 线上赌场鈥檚 2024 Caribbean Carnival was 鈥淥ne Love.鈥 (Photo by Beam Lertbunnaphongs 鈥25)
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David Adams '26 tries his hand at parchment-making
David Adams 鈥26 tries his hand at parchment-making at a workshop in the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center. (Photo by Robert Gill)