Sightings

Student sledding, covered with snow. Students playing ultimate frisbee in the grass

10 days and 20 degrees apart
During a storm with near whiteout conditions, first-year student Nora Shumway continues the tradition of sliding down Bascom Hill on a cafeteria tray. A week and a half later, Brian Frederick and Rodrigo Valdivia, both members of the “Hodags,” an Ultimate Frisbee club team, enjoy a muddy practice game on a field near the Natatorium. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Photo of snowman, built by students.

Inexpensive teaching materials
Teaching assistant Amy Martin led her environmental studies class, “The Social Perspective,” and used snow to examine cultural perspectives in decision making. Her students split into groups representing different cultures, including the United States, France and a Native American tribe. Each group built what they thought was a “superior” snowperson. Afterward, the class judged and discussed each creation, including this technology-influenced U.S. figure, based on characteristics they thought each culture would deem as “superior.” (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Interior photograph of the Open Book Cafe.

Cafe Opens in College Library
Senior Priya Suri (left) gives change to a customer while sophomore Katie Quaintance (center) makes coffee in the Open Book Cafe, which opened February 17 on the first floor of College Library in Helen C. White Hall. The cafe serves coffee and pastries and also houses College Library’s Recreational Collection of books and videos. (Photo: Michael Forster Rothbart)