Recent Sightings

Feasting on tradition
Chinese graduate students Guangming Li, right, and spouse Baiyan Dong, second from right, enjoy Thanksgiving at the home of poultry science professor Mark Cook and spouse Ellen Cook, a senior research specialist in the Department of Medicine. The feast featured a 28-pound Arlington Research Farm turkey served to 18 family and friends, including graduate students from Canada, China and Taiwan. The Cooks began the tradition in 1982. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Thank you for not squirting
A passerby uses a water pistol to take his best shot at extinguishing a smoldering cigarette on a cut-out photo of a smoker during the Great American Smoke Out on Library Mall. The Nov. 15 event was one of several activities sponsored by University Health Services to encourage people to stop smoking. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Outside hitter Erin Byrd spikes for a kill during a volleyball game against Northwestern Nov. 21. Byrd’s team is seeded sixth nationally for the 2001 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship and will play host to first and second-round matches Nov. 30-Dec. 1 in the UW Field House. Per NCAA rules, single-day tickets cannot be sold until the first day of the tournament. Tickets: $7 adults, $5 students, senior citizens and children.(Photo: Jeff Miller)