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Lance Wamsley, right, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences student, uses a computer projector to present his analysis of weather patterns to a class taught by professor Jonathan Martin.(Photo: Jeff Miller)

That rare stinky plant, the titan arum, or corpse flower, now bears a column of red, cherry-sized fruits five months after it grew to 101 inches and bloomed in the Botany greenhouse, attracting thousands of visitors. (Photo: Michael Forster Rothbart)

As an art project, graduate student Matt Daehmers, far left, constructed a full-size one-room schoolhouse using 1,400 feet of PVC pipe with ropes. The schoolhouse stood for just one day at about the halfway point of Bascom Hill. Other art projects are popping up as well. Look for a “sound sculpture” by a law student this Friday, Nov. 9, also on Bascom Hill. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

Sophomore Holly Hilgenberg, center, a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, helps 6-year-old Mellody Lee paint pumpkins as part of the “Trick or Treat With the Greeks” annual Halloween event for community children. (Photo: Stephanie Judge)