Friendly, brainy, charming

Hood College students Victoria Farmer-Long and Caitlin Witters rejoice as they get a lab experiment procedure right during Dr. Oney Smith's Newsstand Biology class.

Graduate student and teaching assistant Emma Bowers, middle, helps out Victoria Farmer-Long and Cailin Witters with a lab exercise.

Megan Cooper watches as lab partner Manav Danwar fills a pipette during Dr. Oney Smith's Newsstand Biology class.

Business Management major Mike Higgs fills a pipette with live yeast during a lab exercise in Dr. Oney Smith's Newsstand Biology class.

Dr. Oney Smith checks out the work of one of his students during a lab exercise in his Newsstand Biology class.

Brainy

Hood ROTC Cadets Ira Benoit and Michelle Vestenmark identify flower reproductive organs during Dr. Sue Canney's Physiology of Plants and Animals class.

Hood College ROTC Cadet Michelle Vestenmark peers through a microscope during a lab exercise in Dr. Sue Carney's Physiology of Plants and Animals class.

Friendly

Straight Shooters: Hood College photography students Stephanie Ducker, Dan Lora, Chandra banks and Jennifer Lipscomb pause for a group photo while n a class field trip to the Great Frederick Fair.

Friendly

Ready and Set: It was a friendly yet spirited game of flag football Sunday for a group of Hood College students.

Friendly

Rub A Dub Dub: Sometimes is just fun to have a good friend give you a good head rubbing.

Exciting

Horsing Around: Blaze, Hood College's new mascot, works up the crowd during a men's soccer game.

Charming

Young At Heart: Students in Education 321-Theories and Principles of Early Childhood Education learn hand gestures to a children's song during a class activity. The class is co-taught by Susan Weddle, Debbie Hanley and Debbie Smith.

Exciting

High And Mighty: Hood College Mens Soccer team goalkeeper Sophomore Will Lane gets some air time as he punches out a corner kick during Saturday's game against Waynesburg.

An Emotional Outpouring: Hood College Mens Soccer player Aaron Crone goes from exaltation to dejection after his game winning header goal was called back during Saturday's game against Waynesburg. The Blazers lost the game 3-2 in overtime.

The Shirt Off His Back: Hood Mens Soccer player Freshman Eric Diehl gets his shirt tugged by a Waynesburg player while making a run during Saturday's game.

Athletic Supporters: Hood students and parents fill the bleachers Saturday as they show their support for the Hood Men's Soccer Team.

Practical

Bigger is Better: Hood Senior Carlin Rabie hooks up his computer to one of the flat screen televisions in the new game room in the basement of Coblentz Hall while doing his homework for an HTML computing assignment.

Practical

Laundry 101: Residents of Meyran Hall gather in the laundry room of their dorm in preparation for a lesson from their Resident Advisor on doing laundry. Detergent samples and free quarters were given to students who answered questions correctly on how to do your own laundry.

Friendly

Fit To Be Dyed: Two Hood students have a friendly chat on the steps outside Myron Hall.

Charming

Team Spirit: A resident of Myron Hall, an obvious fan of the popular Twilight movie series, displays her support for Team Jacob on the wall of her dorm room.

Friendly

Service With a Smile: It was game on during a friendly game of ping-pong in the basement of Memorial Hall.

Surprising

Surprise Attack: A student in the Hood freshman class jumps into the lap of another student during an exercise in bonding prior to a lecture on overcoming hardship in Hodson Auditorium.

Brainy

Class Act: Students in the Class of 2014 listen to a motivational speaker in Hodson Auditorium.

Charming

Bird's Eye View: Science students walk through the atrium of the state-of-the-art Hodson Science building on their way to anatomy class.

Brainy

Vision Quest: Hood College President Ron Volpe works on the day-to-day operations of the college in his office in Alumni Hall while being watched over by poster-size prints of Hood students.

Charming

CHiPS off the old block: A Hood student sports a pair of shades that would have made Ponch and John proud.

Exciting

Splits decision: Hood field hockey goalkeeper Anne-Marie Hantman covers up the five hole as she makes a spectacular save against Bridgewater College Thursday afternoon.

Practical

Stretch: Members of the Hood College Women's Soccer team stretch their legs before the start of their home opener Wednesday against Goucher College.