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The author's daughter Zadie gets a taste of dorm life for solar eclipse chasers at SUNY Potsdam in New York for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.POTSDAM, New York — I really thought I left dorm life behind 20 years ago. But just when I thought I was out, a total solar eclipse pulled me back in.
"We heard that Rochester was going to become a zoo, and we got something from Potsdam saying that they were going to open the dorms, and that they were going to have sort of a festival," Colleen Parriott, 64, told me while playing cards in a communal space in the dorm, adding that the educational activities were what caught her eye."And that was attractive to us, because we are total nerds.
"I'm on the first floor now," Parriott said."When I was here, first floor was boys and the second floor was girls, except for the end, that was boys, because usually they separated the halls."Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors
"Over the years, it does seem to be a lot more challenging," said Huggins, 65, a retired former Department of Defense official who traveled from Argyle, New York — a 3-hour trip — for the eclipse."But it's all part of the experience."A view of the hallway at SUNY Potsdam's Knowles Hall North for the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024.It was that college experience that also drew my eye to SUNY Potsdam.
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