Recent Sightings

Photo of monks creating a mandala sand painting

Creating harmony
A fisheye-lens view shows Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery creating a mandala sand painting in the Memorial Union’s main lounge. Mandala is a Sanskrit word meaning cosmogram or world in harmony. After it was finished, the mandala was destroyed and its sands sprinkled into Lake Mendota. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Photo of band members playing at Liz Waters

Marching food orders
Undergraduate Kelly Krueger, seated left, cheers while Olivia Cory looks a little stunned to find herself surrounded by the UW Marching Band while the two were eating dinner in the Elizabeth Waters Hall cafeteria. The band blasted its way through the residence hall during the Yell-Like-Hell Spirit Parade Oct. 15 as part of a full week of Homecoming activities. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Breaking ground together
Following a ceremonial groundbreaking for the West Campus Cogeneration Facility, Madison Gas and Electric project manager Don Peterson, left, Gov. Jim Doyle and Chancellor John Wiley talk about the power plant’s footprint as they look over the construction site. The plant is expected to go online in summer 2005. Project updates, including a downloadable construction progress newsletter, are available online. (Photo: Jeff Miller)