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      • A banner bearing 2,200, the number of campus community members who served in World War I, was unfurled from the Campanile's west face — facing the Golden Gate Bridge — on March 22, 1918. That day, Gov. William Stephens was on campus reviewing the campus regiment.

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Haruo Aoki stands between Piatote and Sobotta, receiving a blanket from the Nez Perce scholars. Haruo is a professor emeritus of East Asian languages.

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July 27, 2018
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February 27, 2018

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