Recent Sightings

Signed and sealed
Written on a closet-door jamb, signatures and dates record the generations of painters who have coated the walls in Bascom Hall’s room 165. The record, almost an unspoken tradition among many tradespeople, includes the dates 1950, 1960, 1976-77 and, most recently, 1997-98 by Physical Plant Paint Shop staffers Mike Burkhalter and Paul Miner. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

A crowd of about 2,000, comprised mostly of UW and high school students, gathered in front of Bascom Hall March 5 for a “Books Not Bombs” rally protesting the potential war with Iraq. Down the hill, a group, holding American flags and signs stating “Support our Troops,” also demonstrated. (Photo: Jeff Miller)