Desert Versailles - I Finally Have a Campus Worth Taking Pictures Of

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First day of classes today. I'll elaborate more near the end of the week after I get a chance to feel them out. I thought I'd be lazy today and skip writing. I've taking some photos of campus this evening for your enjoyment.

Note: Is it sad, that in this desert locale, the AUS campus has more green than GW's will ever have?

Yes.


The is the rear gate (to give you an idea of the scale of the front gate) and archway. Campus is heavily guarded by city/state police and no one is granted entrance to the compound unless they are affiliated with the university. If you look close, you can see guards posted at both the gate, and the archway further back.


This is a view of the Library. In relation to the photo above, I merely turned around and stood in the middle of the drive. The dirt circles will soon house more palm trees.

The library on the left, engineering school on the right, Mosque behind that, and Student Centre in the back with arches lined in white.


Again, Library on the left, School of Engineering on the right. The Main Building can be seen in the background. This houses mainly administrative offices including the post office, academic advisers, faculty senate chambers, and an auditorium.

Main Building on the left, Mosque in the center, and Student Centre behind that.


Cure for bad white balance = greyscale. This is the staircase in our library. The interior of the buildings are just as lavish as the exterior. luscious.


Looking west from the third floor of the Library.

Looking north from the third floor of the Library. Again, the rear gate. I think this photo more than any of the others gives you an idea of the massive scale of this campus. My building is back and to the left.


Mosque on the right, Student Centre on the left.


Looking back at the Main Building with the School of Engineering and Student Centre on the Left and the School of Arts and Sciences on the Right.

I guess you could call this our quad. I'm going to go ahead and say it trumps your quad. This was taken from the steps of the Main Building.



Interior of the Main Building. The extreme temperature difference between indoors and outdoors makes it impossible to quickly switch from one to another with a camera. Lenses fog up instantaneously. I had to get this one in quick because there was a security guard coming. You can barely make him out in the doorway across the rotunda.

I enjoy the Allah like effect of the flood lamp...



On that note, I've got some major swass that needs to be taken care of.