The View From Here 2.15.16 By Kelly Wiese Niemeyer February 15, 2016 SHARE The Lunar New Year Festival, an annual celebration of Asian culture, was held Feb. 5-6, 2016, in Edison Theatre. Read more about the events on the Source: https://source.washu.edu/2016/02/lunar-new-year-festival-debuts-sword-dancing/ (James Byard/Washington University) More from the Lunar New Year Festival, held Feb. 5-6, 2016, in Edison Theatre. (James Byard/Washington University) The McDonnell International Scholars Academy held its Cabot-Zhang Lecture Feb. 8, 2016. Dingli Shen (left), a lecturer from Fudan University, speaks with the Brown School’s Gautam Yadama during the reception. (Mary Butkus/Washington University) Kevin Ray, Washington University alumnus and an expert on art and cultural heritage law, uses the iconic and controversial Obama HOPE poster to convey to graduate art students how courts decide the “fair use” of appropriated images. The brown-bag session was held at the Lewis Center Feb. 5, 2016; a day earlier, Ray gave an Assembly Series talk on “What’s Fair: Street Art, Appropriation Art, and the Law.” (Sid Hastings/Washington University) Tracey Faulkner, a clinical recruiter in human resources, checks out the inflatable colon Feb. 5, 2016, at the annual Health Happening Fair on the Medical Campus. (Robert J. Boston/School of Medicine) An Interfaith Panel on Climate Change took place Feb. 2, 2016, with Peter Raven and five faith leaders, including Benjamin de Foy, of Saint Louis University (standing at right). (Mary Butkus/Washington University) Civil rights activist Bree Newsome (left) visited Washington University in St. Louis Feb. 3, 2016, an appearance sponsored by Black Anthology. Newsome, who removed the Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds in South Carolina, spoke in Hllman Hall. Alum Lamley Lawson (right) talks with Newsome after the event. (Sid Hastings/Washington University) A woman walks through the snow in February 2016 in the Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza on the Medical Campus. (Robert J. Boston/School of Medicine) Washington University cheerleaders had plenty to cheer about Feb. 14, 2016, in the WU Field House: Winning basketball from both the men’s and women’s teams; Senior Day; and the newly dedicated Edwards-Fahey Court. (Photo: Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton/Washington University)