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Slideshow: Springtime at Bowdoin

By Bowdoin News
The end of the semester and the beginning of warmer weather bring a confluence of intense studying and needed distractions.
Photographer Bob Handelman captured many of the moments that make up spring at Bowdoin.
A student playing at guitar outside on the quad. The camera is very close and at a low angle, focused on the guitar and the student's hands. A student tour guide walking backwards towards the camera as she leads a group of admitted students and their families around campus. Several students lying around a tree on the main quad, reading and relaxing. Students sitting at round tables in the Smith Student Union building, talking and doing work together. The shot is from a high angle, looking down on the students from a balcony. A student dancing on a walkway in the main quad. She is wearing a floral-print dress and standing on her toes, with her right arm extended above her head and her left arm extended straight out to her side at the shoulder. Six students sitting close to each other on the quad, laughing and holding each other. Six students in hammocks hung up on the main quad. They are smiling at the camera, with one student lying in each of the top three hammocks and three students sitting side-by-side on the bottom hammock. A display between two library bookshelves. The display is a polar bear made of Legos above a sign that reads "Welcome Back!" A student sitting on a couch in front of an intricate, brightly colored mural of swirling curves and natural shapes. Six students walking together outside through the campus. A shot of a green chalkboard with medical notes written on it in white chalk. A close shot of red berries hanging from a tree on campus. Several students descending a spiral staircase in a building with light streaming in from a nearby window. Two students sitting on the round porch of a large, white building. They are talking to a third student, who is standing nearby with his bike. Two students sitting in the Writing Center, looking at a laptop between them. Several students in exercise clothing lifting weights and using exercise equipment in the Buck Center. A student climbing the rock wall in the Buck Center, partially illuminated by light streaming in through the window. A student spreading chalk over their hands in preparation for rock climbing in the Buck Center. The light from the window shows the chalk powder suspended in the air. A student standing in front of a whiteboard in a brightly lit library room. She is looking at a laptop cradled in her left arm and about to write on the whiteboard with a blue marker in her right hand. A student sitting on a bean bag across from a library bookshelf, looking at a laptop on her lap. A close shot of two students standing in front of a black markerboard. The student in the foreground is about to write down something with a white marker, while the student in the background looks at a piece of paper in his hands. Four students sitting in a booth at Moulton Union, talking and laughing. Two students clasping hands in greeting outside on campus. Students sitting in a well-lit, upstairs study area in Smith Union. A student sitting at a table studying handwritten flashcards, a brown paper bag and iced coffee in front of her. A textbook, hat, laptop, and water bottle spread out on a table in Smith Union. The picture is taken from directly behind a chair placed in front of the materials spread out on the table. Two students playing ping pong in the Smith Union game room while another student watches. A student sitting at a table in Thorne dining hall raising a hand in greeting to someone out of frame. Two students sitting at a table in Thorne dining hall together and laughing. Several students sitting together at a table in Thorne dining hall, laughing.
A student playing at guitar outside on the quad. The camera is very close and at a low angle, focused on the guitar and the student's hands.
A student tour guide walking backwards towards the camera as she leads a group of admitted students and their families around campus.
Several students lying around a tree on the main quad, reading and relaxing.
Students sitting at round tables in the Smith Student Union building, talking and doing work together. The shot is from a high angle, looking down on the students from a balcony.
A student dancing on a walkway in the main quad. She is wearing a floral-print dress and standing on her toes, with her right arm extended above her head and her left arm extended straight out to her side at the shoulder.
Six students sitting close to each other on the quad, laughing and holding each other.
Six students in hammocks hung up on the main quad. They are smiling at the camera, with one student lying in each of the top three hammocks and three students sitting side-by-side on the bottom hammock.
A display between two library bookshelves. The display is a polar bear made of Legos above a sign that reads "Welcome Back!"
A student sitting on a couch in front of an intricate, brightly colored mural of swirling curves and natural shapes.
Six students walking together outside through the campus.
A shot of a green chalkboard with medical notes written on it in white chalk.
A close shot of red berries hanging from a tree on campus.
Several students descending a spiral staircase in a building with light streaming in from a nearby window.
Two students sitting on the round porch of a large, white building. They are talking to a third student, who is standing nearby with his bike.
Two students sitting in the Writing Center, looking at a laptop between them.
Several students in exercise clothing lifting weights and using exercise equipment in the Buck Center.
A student climbing the rock wall in the Buck Center, partially illuminated by light streaming in through the window.
A student spreading chalk over their hands in preparation for rock climbing in the Buck Center. The light from the window shows the chalk powder suspended in the air.
A student standing in front of a whiteboard in a brightly lit library room. She is looking at a laptop cradled in her left arm and about to write on the whiteboard with a blue marker in her right hand.
A student sitting on a bean bag across from a library bookshelf, looking at a laptop on her lap.
A close shot of two students standing in front of a black markerboard. The student in the foreground is about to write down something with a white marker, while the student in the background looks at a piece of paper in his hands.
Four students sitting in a booth at Moulton Union, talking and laughing.
Two students clasping hands in greeting outside on campus.
Students sitting in a well-lit, upstairs study area in Smith Union.
A student sitting at a table studying handwritten flashcards, a brown paper bag and iced coffee in front of her.
A textbook, hat, laptop, and water bottle spread out on a table in Smith Union. The picture is taken from directly behind a chair placed in front of the materials spread out on the table.
Two students playing ping pong in the Smith Union game room while another student watches.
A student sitting at a table in Thorne dining hall raising a hand in greeting to someone out of frame.
Two students sitting at a table in Thorne dining hall together and laughing.
Several students sitting together at a table in Thorne dining hall, laughing.
Published May 16, 2022

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