On every 15-minute trek to Sargent Hall, Lynn-Clara Tun of Edina, Minnesota, said she stops to admire a peculiar silver dome-shaped building. So, when she spotted a flyer that said the Dearborn Observatory hosts public viewings from 10 to 11 p.m. on Fridays, Tun knew she had to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of light pollution in Edina just because it\u2019s right outside of the city, so I don\u2019t really see the stars that often,\u201d Tun said.<\/p>\n
Tun said she saw the flyer during the second week of the program, but made the time to go with friends the week after.<\/p>\n
The appreciation for stars extends to cherubs like Sarah Schwartz of Newton, Massachusetts, who compared her experience seeing the night sky to the first time she saw fireflies on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Seeing the fireflies) was so beautiful,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cAnd honestly, I still get the same amazement every time. That\u2019s what you get with stars, too. You look up and it\u2019s like, \u2018Wow. They\u2019re really up there.\u2019 You take the time to appreciate the beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Schwartz and Tun said they enjoy looking at the stars, Maya Segal of Raleigh, North Carolina, said the highlight of her trip to the observatory was something else.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very clearly not just a Northwestern campus thing,\u201d Segal said. \u201cIt drew in the greater Evanston community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some cherubs said stargazing provided them a pause in their week, which was worth the added stress of finding time amidst looming article deadlines and curfews.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, there\u2019s a very busy schedule. And yes, you probably always have something that you should be doing,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cBut these weeks fly by, and it\u2019s the moments where you do that spontaneous thing you\u2019ll remember the most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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