Carleton College Turns Observatory into Giant R2-D2

This is most commendable: Students at Minnesota’s Carleton College transformed their school’s Goodsell Observatory into a giant R2-D2, complete with bleeping and blooping. And the school seems to approve, posting some great pics on their Facebook page.

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Carleton’s Goodsell Observatory gets turned into R2-D2 by an unknown group of enterprising students — complete with sound effects. All the “decorations” appear to have been draped or taped onto the dome; there was no defacing with spray paint, etc.

(Star Wars Blog via Nerd Approved)


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