April Fool's Day, Haverford Style

I have to be careful how I word this since our posts get picked up by Google News and, removed from the context of this blog, the information contained in this photo might be somewhat alarming:

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But it’s all make believe and in good fun, an April 1 tradition in our Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center where Physics & Astronomy students have at it every year.  Here’s a ginormous molecular model in the rotunda, festooned with some bonus components:

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A history of  the tradition is included in the second item on this page.