James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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- : - l .«L ' • ♦ Rising up from his fellow graduates, senior Matt Carasella photographs the main commencement. Held in Bridgeforth Stadium, the rain only began during the presentation of diplomas. [ Photo by Morgan Riehl 1 Listening intently to the commence- ment speaker, one senior is joined by his dog. George Mitchell, former U.S. senator, who spoke on the contribu- tions of James Madison and the importance of American freedoms, I Photo by Morgan Riehl I Showing off senior pride, the tops of the caps for graduating seniors seived as a fun spot for decoration. Graduating years and shout outs to fhends and family were commonly seen on the caps. I Photo by Morgan Riehl I 21 graduation]

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Under construction daily, the new physics and chemistry building is expected to be connpleted in 2005. Due to the increased participation in the sciences, the site behind ISAT was alloted as an additon to the pevious science buiding. Miller Hall, located on the Quad. Photo by Nathaniel Clarkson I %»3» ' ' i . - y v f ' V J i ' — % Returning students arrived on campus this ' ear to find things nor as they had leh them. Many new changes occured over the summer, from dining services to new buildings and additions on campus, iindial .Set r.. The placement of a sundial adjacent to Keezell Hall had been a mystery to many students. According to Fred Hilton, director of university communications, the construction of the sundial was sponsored by the campus secret sociery known as 1N8. How to actually use the dial was not quite clear to many students. In order to have the dial read accurate time, a person needs to stand on the correct posirion on the metal bar in middle of the sundial. The letters on the bar represent the months of the year with each month being marked bv the letter it begins with. The bottom J of the bar represented Januar)-. The months go all the way up the bar to July before coming back dow n to December. To determine where to stand on the bar depends on what day of the month it is. If it was November 15, then the person would stand halfwav between the N and the D. The shadow cast bv the person will represent the correct Eastern Standard Time. Due to davlight savings time, an hour must be added in the spring. Dinning Do-Overs With the opening of the College Center rwo years ago came both opportunit} ' and space for Mrs. Greens. Originally Mrs. Greens existed as a dining hall and catering service by day and a banquet hall bv night. When the banquet room was needed, all the long tables had to be folded up and put awav onlv to be taken out again for the next day. The College Center soon became home for both the catering and banquet services, leaving Greens to manage just their lunch crowd. According to Operations Director of Dining Services Stephanie Hoshow, it was recognized from comments made by customers and the Student Government Association that more seating was needed. We base all our decisions in dining services on student comments and feedback, said Hoshow. The prepararion kitchen was moved into areas rhat were originallv used for storage and Greens was expanded. The folding tables with vinyl tablecloths were replaced with smaller tables accompanied by changes on campus 23