photo essay final!!

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Hi, my name is Collin McGraw and I am a freshman at Purdue University. I am currently enrolled in an English class that has asked me to take photos of places around campus that would display the one of a kind things found here in West Lafayette! If you look at these pictures, they will take you on a photographic tour of the campus and you might learn some new things that you didn’t know before. When I first got to Purdue in the summer and was walking around, I saw this sign and didn’t really take it in until a few weeks into the semester, but Purdue University was founded in 1869! That’s over 140 years ago and I was thinking about how far this University has come over the years and how proud I am to be a Boilermaker.

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Hi,  my  name  is  Collin  McGraw  and  I  am  a  freshman  at  Purdue  University.  I  am  currently  enrolled  in  an  English  class  that  has  asked  me  to  take  photos  of  places  around  campus  that  would  display  the  one  of  a  kind  things  found  here  in  West  Lafayette!  If  you  look  at  these  pictures,  they  will  take  you  on  a  photographic  tour  of  the  campus  and  you  might  learn  some  new  things  that  you  didn’t  know  before.    

                                               

When  I  first  got  to  Purdue  in  the  summer  and  was  walking  around,  I  saw  this  sign  and  didn’t  really  take  it  in  until  a  few  weeks  into  the  semester,  but  Purdue  University  was  founded  in  1869!  That’s  over  140  years  ago  and  I  was  thinking  about  how  far  this  University  has  come  over  the  years  and  how  proud  I  am  to  be  a  Boilermaker.  

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Purdue  Memorial  Union  is  one  of  the  most  trafficked  buildings  on  campus  by  students  and  faculty  alike.  I  remember  coming  here  to  get  my  ID,  buy  software  for  my  computers,  and  to  take  a  tour  of  the  school.  It  houses  everything  from  restaurants  to  a  scale  diagram  of  West  Lafayette  and  even  a  bowling  alley.  The  landscaping  crews  even  cut  the  bushes  that  grow  outside  the  doors  of  the  Union  into  the  word  ‘Purdue’  and  I  thought  that  was  a  really  fun  way  to  create  school  spirit.                                    

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St.  Thomas  Aquinas  Catholic  Church  is  on  West  State  Street  just  off  of  academic  campus.  The  church  was  constructed  in  April  of  1951,  and  There  are  multiple  masses  a  day  and  throughout  the  week  for  the  catholic  Boilermakers  to  attend.  I’m  a  Catholic  so  this  is  where  I  go  to  mass.                                        

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The  “Hello  Walk”  is  located  in  the  Memorial  Island  between  the  Stewart  Center  and  the  University  &  Recitation  Buildings.  The  rules  of  the  Hello  Walk  are  that  you  must  smile  and  say  hello  to  every  person  that  you  walk  past.  This  is  a  tradition  here  at  Purdue  and  I  have  encountered  many  new  people,  especially  since  it  is  in  a  central  area  of  campus  that  most  students  pass  on  a  daily  basis.                          

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                                                         The  Lion  Fountain  located  outside  of  the  Stanley  Coulter  building  and  was  donated  to  the  University  by  the  graduating  class  of  1903.  This  unique  statue  is  a  four-­‐sided  water  fountain  that  has  lion  heads  on  each  side  and  there  have  been  many  times  that  I  pass  it  on  a  beautiful  day  and  stop  for  a  quick  drink.                              

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                                                           The  Purdue  University  Bell  Tower,  it  is  an  iconic  symbol  of  Life  here  at  Purdue.  It  was  constructed  with  funds  donated  by  the  class  of  1948.  There  is  a  legend  that  any  student  that  walks  directly  underneath  the  bell  tower  will  not  graduate  from  Purdue  in  four  years,  so  I  and  many  others  choose  to  walk  around  the  tower  to  avoid  this  superstition.  There  is  a  seal  located  under  the  tower  but  you  must  walk  underneath  in  order  to  read  it  so  most  students  haven’t  read  it.                      

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The  Armstrong  building  is  where  the  Engineers  of  Purdue  take  a  majority  of  their  introductory  classes.  Neil  Armstrong,  class  of  1955,  graduated  with  a  degree  in  Aeronautical  Engineering.  I  am  not  in  engineering  myself,  but  my  older  brother  is  and  I  know  how  hard  they  work  to  give  the  school  the  recognition  that  we  get.  Walking  past  this  building  everyday  inspires  me  to  do  great  things  like  Neil  Armstrong  did  when  he  was  the  first  human  to  walk  on  the  moon.      

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Ross-­‐Ade  stadium  sits  on  the  far  North  end  of  campus  next  to  Mackey  Arena.  Ross-­‐Ade  was  initially  built  in  1924  with  room  for  13,500  spectators,  but  then  they  renovated  it  to  hold  the  present  capacity  of  around  63,000.  I  have  the  VIP  pass  to  all  home  sporting  events  here  at  Purdue  and  absolutely  love  going  to  the  games  each  Saturday  as  thousands  of  Purdue  students  make  their  way  to  the  student  section  to  cheer  on  our  Boilermaker  football  team  as  they  compete  in  the  Big  Ten  conference.      Purdue’s  campus  is  one  of  a  kind,  and  I  enjoy  walking  around  it  each  and  everyday.  The  aspects  of  engineering  that  are  incorporated  into  the  layout  of  this  campus  mesh  smoothly  with  the  agriculture  background  that  we  celebrate  here  at  Purdue.  I  hope  you’ve  learned  something  new  about  the  West  Lafayette  campus,  and  hopefully  convinced  you  to  attend  this  great  university.    See  you  next  time!