The Story Behind: A Series of Campus Images
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Work Day 2010Great Books
Hope for Haiti
Snow!
Reviving a Tradition
The Cooper Three
Service Day 2009
Chorale & Folk Choir CD
Owl Release
Partnership with the Universidad de Oriente
Work Day 2009
Student Profile: Philip Hamilton
From the Amazon to the Appalachians
Eco-Social Lifeways in Costa Rica
INSULATE!
War, West Virginia
Swimming the Allegheny
Making Study Abroad Sustainable
At the National Wildlife Federation
Service Day 2008
Eye on the Waste Stream
Appalachian Trail Service
Pi(e) Day
London Double Feature
Lunar New Year
Learning Woodturning
24 Hours for Africa
Service at Pine Ridge
Mountain Bike Nationals
The Swannanoa Journal
Tanzania
SawStop
Germany
Fire at WWC
Weaving in Thailand
The Triad Meets Peru
Four on Friday
The Old Farmer's Ball
In Spain
Gamelan Music
Moving into the Village
Handrails
Tibet
Biodiesel
A Morning Snack
Gulf Coast Trip
Work Day
Spring Break in Cuba
Holding a Goat
Dogwood Sunset
Tree
Tires
Fences
Breakfast Crowd
Pillars
Parade
Town Meeting
Janisse
Julie
Interact
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Asheville, NC 28815-9000
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Snackin'
With the end of classes at Warren Wilson College, summer life begins. A handful of students remain on campus to take advantage of summer work contracts that provide room and board in addition to a summer job.
Erik Gern is working on the Web Crew while he applies for jobs and prepares for life after college. Around ten-o-clock each morning, Erik likes to escape from the office and take a walk around campus. This morning I joined him, and we went in search of some sun and snacks while looking out for those things that make Warren Wilson such a unique place.
Today there was a garden market set up in front of the Gladfelter Student Center. The college’s garden boasts organic practices and some excellent, lush produce. These vegetables were fertilized with compost from Gladfelter. For $7.50 I pick up some baby fingerling potatoes, kale, carrots, and basil—a bargain.
Karen Kruiser has baked some fresh breads and goodies as well. Cookies and bulging challah braids were made with eggs from her chickens.
The vending machine in Gladfelter is a chocolate lover’s paradise with several varieties of gourmet dark chocolate in addition to other natural and organic snacks. The eclectic, off-beat selection is an echo of the type of food served in the Cow Pie Café during the school year. (Traditionalist need not worry, though—there’s no shortage of Coke and m&m’s around and at least two pizza joints that will deliver to campus.)
On the way back we detour through the newly renovated Laursen building, which houses most of the Academic Affairs offices. The renovation produced a building with a spare interior design reminiscent of the “arts and crafts” style. It features repeated vertical lines, warm honey-colored wood, and expanses of wall and ceiling lit with energy-efficient indirect lighting. The building now includes many “green building” innovations that have become standard on campus, such as geothermal heating and cooling, salvaged and recycled building materials, and advanced insulation and windows. The result is a building that is not only a model of efficiency but is also a beautiful space.
