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Published: August 7th 2007
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Memorial Hall
One of the most easily recognozied buildings on campus, Memorial Hall was built in 1929 as a memorial to those who served in WWI. Inside the lobby is a hotly contested fresco painted in the early 20th century depicting scenes of early Lexington settlers (as well as happy slaves and savage native americans...hence the controversy) The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the people may go;
A few more days and the trouble all will end
In the field where sugar-canes may grow;
A few more days for to tote the weary load,
No matter, 'twill never be light,
A few more days till we totter on the road,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night! Our last day here in Lexington before we offically become homeless citizens of the states. Amid the endless rush to pack, we broke ourselves away long enough to walk through campus one more time so that I could take pictures of places that I would like to remember. It's peaceful here once all the students are gone--trafiic lets up, no more crowds chattering away on their cell-phones clogging up the sidewalks--but it's an erie silence that reminds us that another year has come to pass. It also reminds us of why we just don't 'fit in' as well as we do elsewhere. On the way back to the apartment, this older couple stopped us to ask "Hey did your horse win?" We had to look at each other for a moment, thankfully not
Main Promenade
I made this walk practically every day. to have let slip the most egregious of faux-pas by forgetting the Kentucky Derby and instead of saying "Oh was that today?" managed a "Uh...no. Not this time." Luckily they didn't ask us which horse we'd picked because I still don't know who was running!
Yesterday's graduation ceremony was a fitting way to close our time here. Although I didn't think it was nearly as nice as last year's ceremony, I have to remind myself that it's no longer the liberal College of Arts & Science, but the more conservative down-home College of Agriculture that I am now an alum of. Last year we got to hear a renowned poet laureat, this year we listened to a student talk about how remembering graduation is like remembering 9/11. To each his own. Nor were we allowed to line up at random according to major, so instead of sitting with the people I came to see, we had to line up alphabetically. I'm not sure if that was some sort of joke to make us prove that we did indeed deserve our degree by alphebetizing 700 students in space no larger than a 1-bedroom apartment, but we eventually managed, did the
Entrance to the Old Quad
One of my favorite places to walk through, regardless of the season, the buildings of the quad were the original dormitories built in the 20's and 30's back when UK was an all-male school. Now they're mainly used as offices (I used to work in Bowman Hall as a Peer Fellow) whole 'pomp and circumstance' and I didn't trip....so all went well! I also got to stand front and center is the school of Human Environmental Science class photo (mainly because I pretended I was shorter than I was) so for years to come my face will be clearly displayed on the walls of Erikson Hall, and that makes me feel a little like I left my mark.
Afterward we headed down to Triangle Park to take some pictures. Although I wanted to go down to take pictures of the park itself (it's where we had our first kiss and one of our favorite places to sit and relax on the way back from the Saturday market) we were not the only ones who had this idea and it was very difficult to get a good shot of each other, much less the park itself.
The movers come in little more than a few hours, and we're still not packed (in fact we ran out of boxes) but that seems pretty typical and the last minute push towards procrastination is something I know all too well.
Don't know when the next time I'll find internet access will be,
Clock
This clock was always five minutes fast, or five minutes slow. Never could tell which, but it guaranteed students wouldn't get to class on time. but look forward to pictures from Ecuador!
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