Photo Exam

Students relax on McKeldin Mall at the University of Maryland March 23. Temperatures reached 75 degrees Thursday afternoon.

Sophomore communications major Anna Cannady sits with friends after long boarding around campus.

Sophomore computer science major Johnathan Hanson reads The Fall by Albert Camus outside Jiménez Hall.

Sophomore history major Noel Sitnick (left) and junior electrical engineering major Loulit Legesse Terefa study on the portico of the McKeldin Library.

Special education major Andrew Lo writes an essay in his hammock on McKeldin Mall.

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Photo Final

Students, faculty, and guests at the University of Maryland enjoy food and drink from the campus Green Tidings food truck on March 24, 2016. People enjoy eating outside in this beautiful spring weather.

Katherine Jones, Psychology major, and Chloe Chang, Government and Politics major, enjoy eating their lunch outside on the University of Maryland campus in this 70 degree weather.

University of Maryland students are relaxing outside and enjoying the warm weather on March 24, 2016.

Students are taking a break in between their classes to relax outside on McKeldin Mall at the University of Maryland.

Lorraine Shamie, Journalism major, is doing homework and eating her lunch outside in the courtyard to take in the warm weather.

University of Maryland students are laying out on McKeldin Mall to embrace the spring weather on March 24, 2016.

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Caroline Nunberg: Dancer and Choreographer

Caroline Nunberg, a junior at the University of Maryland is a USA Dance National Champion. She choreographs routines in hip hop and ballroom dance.

Caroline Nunberg, a junior at the University of Maryland has been dancing since 2005. She was the head coach for a competitive kids dance team and captain of her varsity dance team in high school.

Caroline Nunberg, a junior at the University of Maryland was ranked second in the nation for competitive international ballroom dancing. She enjoys all forms of dance and she typically spends most of her time choreographing hip hop and fast paced routines.

 Caroline Nunberg, a junior at the University of Maryland started dancing hip hop in 2009. Since then she has led her sorority to a third place victory in a dance off during homecoming week and hopes to place in the top three again during Greek week.

Caroline Nunberg, a junior at the University of Maryland is all smiles as she begins her teaching session with girls in her sorority. She plans to start ballroom dancing while she is at school and is holding auditions for a dance partner soon.

Portraits

Suzanne Creedon, poses for portraits near the Washington Quad on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. 

Creedon jumps in a dance sequence. She received a full scholarship to study Dance at the University of Maryland. 

Creedon poses for a photo while stretching.

Creedon stretches out a pair of old pointe shoes, explaining that she left her other pair at her home in Poolesville, Md. 

Creedon strikes a pose in the middle of a dance combination. 

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Tina Vo, Doro's Cute Crafts

Dorothy Nguyen, 22, of Silver Spring, Maryland, continues working on her latest project, a large patchwork-like blanket on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. She crochets items from stuffed animals to blankets and scarves to sell at conventions and on her Etsy shop.  

Nguyen says she seriously started crocheting two years ago when she was still in college and made presents for her friends as she was procrastinating finals. "Crocheting is actually pretty easy. After making everyone's presents, I realized that everything I wanted to make was just circles and ovals of varying sizes."

A central appeal to her creations are that the items are cute and colorful. Nguyen hugs several yarn threads and has more yarn scattered across the floor to display just a fraction of all the vividly colored yarn she owns.

Nguyen sits on a couch surrounded by many of her small stuffed animals and characters from movies and video games. She hugs one of the bigger stuffed characters she has made, a Totoro from the movie, "My Neighbor Totoro." 

Nguyen also creates wearable items such as this unique hat with long sides that can used as a scarf. She adds a personal touch of cuteness by adding ears.

Donald portraits

Donald Samuels, the current chef at Sigma Delta Tau, has been cooking professionally for over 40 years. Originally from Jamaica, Donald's favorite dish to cook is jerk chicken, which he is preparing here. 

Donald previously worked at the Laurel Marriott, where he catered events for upwards of 1,000 people. But for the past 18 years, he has cooked for only 40.

Donald's smile is contagious and he brings a unique, positive energy to SDT that could never be replaced.

He prepares his Jamaican jerk chicken very precisely, with great attention to detail. 

Even more than he is known for his specialty dishes, Donald takes pride in his hat collection, many of which were given to him as gifts from the girls living in the house, as a notion of appreciation for everything he does.

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Jacob Solves Rubik's Cubes

Jacob Elspas poses for a portrait at Maryland with a Rubik's cube. Elspas is an avid 'cuber' who can solve a Rubik's Cube very quickly. David Fisher/JOUR203

Elspas has been cubing for about a year. "It's much easier than you think, do[n't] get discourage[d]," writes Elspas. David Fisher/JOUR203

Elspas in the midst of solving a cube. Elspas' record solve is 10.81 seconds for a 3x3 cube. His record average of 100 solves is sub-16 seconds. David Fisher/JOUR203

Elspas has competed in two cubing competitions. David Fisher/JOUR203

Elspas solves a cube while sitting in a tree. In addition to solving 3x3 cubes, Elspas can solve 2x2, 5x5 and non-traditional twisty puzzles Square-1 and Pyraminx. David Fisher/JOUR203

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