Gallery > Afternoon Delight (8)
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - new bench web.jpg
Next time you're on campus, don't forget to take a rest on our newest bench! The bow will likely be gone by then, but the blessing and spirit of the Class of 2007 will always remain.
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - dedication web.jpg
Members of the Class of 2007 prepare for the arrival of faculty and staff at the dedication ceremony for the new bench. It's funny, though - no matter how smart the students, someone will always have trouble with the microphone (ancient proverb).
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - checkers web.jpg
Anyone for checkers? (It's so rare that I get to say that.) On other days, this outdoor game board ("court"?) is home to chess. The McCormick Tribune Campus Center and McCormick Student Village (residence hall) lie in the background.
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - arch class web.jpg
This architecture professor took advantage of our nice weather and campus constructions, bringing his class out of the classroom for a lecture on Rem Koolhaas and his award-winning MTCC.
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - arch class 2 web.jpg
Part of Koolhaas' MTCC, completed in 2003, shelters the Chicago Transit Authority's green line train, which leads in-bound to downtown Chicago - a world-famous architecture collection in its own right.
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - fountain web.jpg
Wouldn't it be nice to cool off in this fountain, which pleasantly pacifies traffic at 33rd and State? Okay, so that's not actually allowed....Fortunately, Lake Michigan is just a mile east of campus.
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - site geometry web.jpg
Though most deciduous leaves haven't changed their colors yet, many that have were rearranged this week as part of a first-year studio architecture project in site geometry. Other materials used include crab apples, sticks, and stones.
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campus pics - 10.5.07 - peck lecture web.jpg
Back inside Perlstein Hall, roses, dinner, the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering welcome esteemed alumnus Charles W. Pierce, the first graduate of the department, who will be honored this evening as the first-known African-American chemical engineer in the nation.