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The First Night

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Sep 7, 2011

By Nigel Sielegar

A visual diary of MFA Design orientation night Fall 2012. Students and Faculty commune while eating sushi and drinking sweet libations.

a group of women is talking while they are having a drink

three people, a woman and two men are taking and they are having a drink

image of people taking to each other in a large room

two older people are giving a presentation, and next to them is an image projected on the right side

A man giving a speech in a room full of people

portrait of a woman dressed in black and white shirt

Image of two older people, a man and a woman giving a speech

a man dressed in a black suit presenting to the public a plate with two rounded shaped objects

a man giving a speech with a image projected on a wall with a paragraph

people sitting on chair in a room at a presentation

a man with a grey coat and a pink shirt is playing on an electronic piano

students are taking part in a class, and they are concentrated

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