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NCAA champion and olympic qualifying sprinter, James Butler (center), shows Dr. Brett Carver (Left) how to get set in a starters position as the Oklahoma State Mascot, Pistol Pete, holds a starting pistol. James Butler was recognized and honored at the Oklahoma Crop Improvement Association and Oklahoma Genitics Annual Meeting at Embassy Suites OKC Northwest in Oklahoma City on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Dr. Carver created a strand of wheat and he named it Butler's Gold in honor of  Butler and to give him gold with him not being able to compete due to the 1980 Moscow Olympic boycott. Like Butler, Butler's Gold is a wheat variety that takes off fast and finishes strong. 

Students playing sand volleyball on an unusually warm February day.

Students dance during "Power Hour" as part of Dance Marathon

Guests participate in the Dawgs and Paws event Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, on campus at IU South Bend. 

Julia Toyer ’27, left, shows off her coiffure to a friend via video call while Lilly McGee ’27 affixes her microphone as the cast of the Conn College theater department production of Urinetown: The Musical prepare to take to the stage for the final dress rehearsal Thursday, February 29, 2024 at The Athey Center at Palmer Auditorium. 

Miya Lasher ’27, left, and Elvin Yi ’27 perform for students during the Musicians Organized for Band Rights on Campus (MOBROC) open mic night Friday, February 9, 2024 at the Coffee Closet. 

West African dancer Kwame Shaka Opare leads a workshop for attendees at the Igniting Emancipatory Possibilities through African Diaspora Dance Summit Thursday, February 8, 2024 in the Martha Myers Dance Studio.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley waves to the crowd before speaking at a campaign event held in the Noorda Center for the Performing Arts on Utah Valley University’s main campus in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event held in the Noorda Center for the Performing Arts on Utah Valley University’s main campus in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.

February 27, 2024; Peter Coors ’25 reads on South Quad on a day that set a record high temperature for the date.