summer – decasia
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1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1Whittier College at the end of summer
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Mon, 22 Aug 2016 23:48:53 +0000http://decasia.org/academic_culture/?p=2222I grew up partly in a college town, and I’ve been around college campuses most of my life. One of my favorite times of year is this late-summer empty moment that happens after summer sessions finish and before classes start for the fall. It’s peaceful; you get a clearer view of the space.
Here’s what Whittier College looks like this time of year.
Courtyard of the Campus Center
Uphill into the center of campus.Out towards the street.Outside the building where I’m teaching.An empty garden.No one’s visiting Nixon’s memorial.“Don’t befriend creepy people online,” says a chalk text.
I confess I avoided a handful of passers-by in taking these photographs, but the sense of momentary social emptiness is very real nevertheless, as if emptiness was one moment at the far end of a swinging pendulum of social motion.