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Beckman Quad
This was one of the tough parts of leaving - our Quad was really difficult.
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Early Setup
This whole thing was more organized than a regular party... (Danielle, Ekandrea, Joyce)
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Cakes
Three cheesecakes (from Margaret), a picture cake, and two Sweet Indulgence cakes. Rock!
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Signing the Mystery Book
What is this odd thing that Marilyn has in her hands? (Margaret, Dad, Mom, Marilyn)
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Punch
There's punch? Rock!
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Excellent Room
This is arguably the best meeting room in Beckman, and I loved that I got to be in it. (Me, Mike Smith, Anton, Ying; I believe that Rob was taking the pictures.)
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Students Arrive
But they were being kept from the cake for now. (JC, Elizabeth, Leo, Danielle, Ekandrea, Mike Bach)
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More Students
I think I got a bigger audience than the regular going-away party. (Mike Smith, Ying, Anton, Eric, Jen, JC, Elizabeth)
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Marilyn Arrives
It's always exciting to see Marilyn, who left the group several years before. (Peter, Amy, Eduardo, JC, Chen, Leo, Eric, Jen, Anton, JC, Ekandrea, Ying, Amy, Mike Bach; Marilyn, Klaus, Mike Smith)
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Continued People Pictures
Jen, Ying, Yi, Mike Bach, Fatemeh, Tim, Dad; Klaus, Mike Smith, Marilyn, Margaret; Mom)
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Mike Smith
Our building's esteemed Assistant Director. I miss him.
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Talking with Klaus
And sharing apples.
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Marilyn and Rob
I wasn't alone in thinking that it was great to see Marilyn.
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Waiting for Cake
And a few bunney-ears for good measure. (Eric, Chen, JC, Mike Bach, Waiting for Cake
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Skirv and Apple
I haven't had decent apples in almost a year now. It makes me sad.
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Happy Grad Students
Food makes grad students happier every time. (Marcos, Peter, Eric, Amy, JC, Lingling, Chen, Leo, Elizabeth, JC)
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Mingling Students
Everybody loves punch! (Ying, Margaret, Carolyn, Marilyn; Mike Bach, Eric, Mike Smith; Eric, Anton, Amy; Elizabeth, Peter, Jen, Leo, JC)
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One More Group Shot
Labelling all the names is tricky, but good for my memory. (Mike Smith, Yi, Marcos, Jen, JC, Eduardo, Chen, Elizabeth, Jordi, Danielle, Klaus, Ekandrea; Fatemeh, Eamon, Jen, Peter, Fatemeh, Eric; Mike Bach, Tim, Ying, Anton; Mom, Margaret)
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Okay, One More
Rob, David, Joyce, Eric, Bryan, Mom, Mike Smith, Ying, Dad, Eduardo, Marcos, Jim, Jen, Mike Bach)
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Klaus Speech
The speech was actually fairly moving. (Klaus, Tim)
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Klaus Speech, II
The gist: I had outgrown this place, but that maybe I'd come back and run the place some day.
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Klaus Speech, III
I'd certainly thought it before, but I hadn't expected to hear it from Klaus that day.
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Listening to the Speech
I'm glad that some pictures were taken while I was being spoken of. (Anton, Ying, Joyce, Marilyn)
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More Listening
So many people... (Bryan, Mike Smith, Ramya, Eric, Zhijian, Lingling, Diao, Chen, Yi, Amy, Marcos, Chris, Eamon)
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Speech Continues
Maybe I look a *little* humble? (Diao, Lingling, Chen, Yi, Amy, Marcos, Chris, Eamon, Eduardo, Fatemeh, Peter, Eric, Leo, Mike Bach, Jordi, Klaus, Barry, Tim)
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Surprise Book
Why, it's a book full of pictures of UIUC with signatures from group members!
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Surprise Book, II
What a surprise!
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Surprise Book, III
For all that, the book has not left my bedside table since I got to California. I miss that place.
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Ready for Cake
Time to eat!
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Beginning the Cutting
Marilyn and Yi took care of the cutting.
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Beth Arrives
She was able to make it before cake! (Barry, Beth, Dave)
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Cake Time
Lots of backs, but there's at least one person I hadn't gotten a shot of before. (Chris, Peter, Emad, Danielle, Joyce, Rob, Tim, Marilyn, Barry, Mike Lockwood)
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Behold the Devouring
I'm not going to try to list them this time...
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The Outside
Another view of our Quad. (Danielle, Jen, Chris, Klaus, Elizabeth, Dave)
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More of Beckman
I really liked that room.
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Hanging Out
I think that people really had a good time at the party. (Tim, Peter, Eric, Beth; Mom, Ekandrea, Kirby, Mike Lockwood, Rob, Mike Bach)
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Picture Cake
I had *not* been expecting a picture cake.
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Ate My Face
I got to eat my own face.
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My Hand
I ate my own hand for my actual piece of cake. I'm not sure what that means.
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