{"id":116065,"date":"2018-05-25T09:57:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=116065"},"modified":"2018-05-25T11:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:39:25","slug":"breaking-out-the-old-inflatable-flamingo-your-favorite-instagram-posts-of-short-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/25\/breaking-out-the-old-inflatable-flamingo-your-favorite-instagram-posts-of-short-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Flamingos and magnolias: Short Term’s favorite Instagram posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

You went to class, saw your friends on the Quad, watched the flowers bloom, and \u2014 if you’re three particular Bates seniors \u2014 you broke out the old inflatable flamingo for a late-morning float on Lake Andrews.<\/p>\n

And if you were lucky, it made @BatesCollege<\/a> Instagram. Here are the 10 photo posts from Short Term with the most likes.<\/p>\n

1. Are they coming or flamingoing?<\/h3>\n
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“Flamingo? More like “flaming-stay” as we’re staying out here all day to soak up as much sun as we can during senior week!” . — Ben Roop \u201818, James Erwin ’18, and Nate Stephenson \u201818 enjoy a leisurely late-morning float on Lake Andrews. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College) #batescollege #flamingo #pink #spring #bates2018 #seniors #beingsofbates #maine<\/a><\/p>\n

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