On Campus at LBCC

 Normally Campus is lively and full of different activities to embrace. This week saw drops in attendance and a wide range of emotions. Worn out by election adds and discourse over the direction our country is heading. Many of the students had need for self reflection and a mental health day or two or even a mental health week. With so little happening on campus the photos presented represent the determination and resilience of the students that showed up and the imagery of the fog that rolled in blankets the campus in the weight of our heavy thoughts and our desire to keep shining like light houses on the shore. 

There’s a single individual standing behind the first bus in line. They’re hard to see bundled up against the weather. The campus feels dread two days after the election. Thursday November 7th 2024. 

Students are still moving about campus on Election Day. The mood is shifting to one of anticipation and determination. “Democracy is not a spectator sport.”-unknown
 Photo of students taken November 5th, 2024 campus courtyard.



Campus Employee helps UPS Driver unload boxes for the Culinary Department on the backside of the Calapooia  Building. November 7th, 2024 


To brighten the mood, fall colors and what’s believed to be a bird feeder. Photo was captured November 5th ,2024 in the campus courtyard. 


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