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Spring Hubbub
by Lainey S. Cronk
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 With
cold, wet days suddenly exchanged for the vibrant spring sun, all
the many-legged and many-eyed critters stir and emerge from their
winter homes. Likewise, students swarm out of dorm rooms and study
carrels and spatter the campus with bright voices and short-sleeved
shirts (and an influx of doe-eyed couples).
The tennis courts are well populated in the evenings, and a stream
of students flows around the track. Outdoor picnic tables have
suddenly become popular again, and attempts at studying for looming
finals are moved outside, with backpacks and textbooks spread on
the thick green grass.
Meanwhile, construction has energetically resumed on the prayer
chapel, adding the sounds of tractors and shovels to the general
hubbub. Trees blossom with all the preposterous elegance of old-time
belles. Students drive up from St. Helena with their windows down.
There’s no denying it: it’s spring in Angwin.
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