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Killer hawk beautifies campus, is Amy Gutmann

Nick Barr

A red-tailed hawk has been spotted on campus. And like every student except Jon, it hates squirrels. Here it is disemboweling one outside Van Pelt:

Poor squirrel.

(Sorry for the low-res picture — it was taken on a cellphone camera. For a great picture of what could very well be the same bird, click here.)

The hawk was later seen devouring a pigeon at the doorstep of 4050 Irving, making me wonder if it has been employed by the University to rid our campus of every last uncute scavenger.

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