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April 2005

What a difference a month makes. Last month, students across campus were sporting the usual college "uniform" of jeans and sweatshirts. This month, it's T-shirts, shorts, and flip flops galore.

Finals are this week, so students and faculty alike are hitting the coffee venues in full force. Unlike most other final stretches though, there's been hot debate about the favorite caffeine vice on campus lately, as much of the community weighed in on which of two popular coffee establishments should join the ranks of other Mary Graydon Center vendors.

For the bright-eyed and the bloodshot, one thing's certain: Another school season is coming to a close, and nearly everyone on campus is daydreaming about their summer plans.

All the best-
-Melissa Reichley
Editor, Alumni Update

P.S. Please join me in thanking Alumni Update contributing writer Ashley Ferrell '07 for her great articles this year and in wishing her the best of luck as she heads home for the summer then off to London this fall for a semester abroad.

          photo by Jeff Watts

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