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FALL 2025
" LEFT ALONE ONE WEEKEND iN
1978 by my friends from Decker 2,
I had a lot of time on my hands. Being
the artist that I was, I spontaneously
decided to paint a mural on the wall
next to my room. It featured Billy
Joel (who we all loved) in noirish
black and white with the words from
one of my favorite songs, "Summer,
Highland Falls." Needless to say,
when my friends came back they
were surprised. After I graduated in
1980, I visited and saw other murals
that materialized on that floor. One
was of Bruce Springsteen, another of
The Beatles. So maybe I started a
trend."— Mary Nims Barnett '80
" MY DAUGHTER iS A STUDENT
AT TCNJ and sent me a picture of my
mural, still there from my freshman
year in 1995, of Winnie the Pooh
and friends!"
— Jaime Richmann D'Antonio '99
