This autumn has been notable for delayed defoliation of campus oaks and maples. Causal factors are hard to isolate. Certainly, the decreasing photo period is not a variable. Frequent summer rains? The lack of a good northwesterly blow? Here's some local color; (pay no attention to Nigel: he's from Massachusetts.)
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Also of note: many maples transitioned from yellow to brown without the usual crimson stage. Recent mild weather has made for glorious outdoor opportunities, including spontaneous
al fresco study groups.
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Still, most classes continue--as usual--indoors. Let's follow these folks into Shirley Hall:
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In chemistry, Taylor is working to identify a substance based on its response to flame:
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Just down the hall, Nick is experiencing "physics ecstasy" at the whiteboard, sharing his calculations for a fish dropped from the prodigious bill of a fast-flying pelican....
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Speaking of fish, students in zoology are observing the sexual behavior of.... well.....jellyfish.
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In the same course (on another day,) we're observing microscopic organisms consuming one another.
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Over in Room 9 (I believe,) we're in Intro to Lit.
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Over in wood shop, Zoli mans the jigsaw.
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After assembly, we're back outdoors for a yearbook photo of school leaders. Here are a few:
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So many students tried out for fall drama that Terry and Michael elected to produce two plays. On November 6 and 7, Jim Leonard's
Anatomy of Gray plays under the direction of Michael Littman. Tonight and Saturday, a creative troupe presents Mary Zimmerman's magical
Metamorphoses, under the direction of Terry Stoecker. Curtains rise (figuratively speaking) at 7:00 PM, and admission is free. Don't miss it!
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