First-year architecture students celebrated Dragon Day, an annual tradition, the day before Spring Break.
Danica Lee/Sun Staff Photographer
HATCHING | An egg on the Arts Quad was constructed to mimic the idea that the dragon is about to hatch.
Ming DeMers/Sun Senior Photographer
THE DRAGON AWAKENS | Students, staff and administration assemble outside of Milstein Hall before the Dragon’s Parade.
Aerien Huang/Sun Staff Photographer
BEAR-Y FUN | Touchdown joined the Dragon’s Parade, waving and giving high-fives to the excited crowd.
PASTA PEOPLE | Students wearing various costumes join the Dragon’s Parade.
FLYING HIGH | The Phoenix Society at Cornell displays the Phoenix, designed by students in the College of Engineering, on the Engineering Quad to face off against the dragon.
STRAIGHT AHEAD | The Dragon parades through Ho Plaza, passing Willard Straight Hall.
GREEN DRAGON | Students throw powder color during the Dragon Day festivities, at both the dragon and each other.
RUN! | Parade participants, many dressed in costumes, run in a circle around the dragon as the first-years throw paint.
JUMP SHOT | A student jumps through the crossfire to get a shot at the Dragon’s head.
HOW TO BUILD YOUR DRAGON | The theme “How to Build Your Dragon” was conveyed with a canvas dragon finished in a flurry of powered paint.
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