{"id":13550,"date":"2024-06-05T14:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=13550"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:12:54","slug":"caption-contest-spring-2024-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2024\/caption-contest-spring-2024-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Caption Contest \u2013 Spring 2024 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Spring 2024 Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Winning Captions<\/strong>
\u201cThough impressive at the time, the first laser pointers were inefficient and cumbersome to use by today’s standards.\u201d
\u2014Jon Gaboriault \u201988<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKlaatu barada nikto.\u201d*
\u2014Luke Blanchette \u201907<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Runners-Up<\/strong>
\u201cIn seven minutes, your hot dog is done.\u201d
\u2014Joseph H. Crowley \u201972, M.B.A. \u201975<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuick, tune it in. The Sox are on.\u201d
\u2014George Labossiere \u201981<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLadies and gentlemen, get your glasses on for the total eclipse of the sun! If you miss it, the next one is April 8, 2024.\u201c
\u2014Robert Skiffington, \u201974<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*<\/strong> \u201cKlaatu barada nikto\u201d is a phrase from The Day the Earth Stood Still, a 1951 sci-fi movie. It was also used in the 2008 remake starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu. There is no official translation of the phrase, but the sci-fi world has engaged in lots of speculation over the years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n

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Is it a Telescope? A Microwave? A Radio?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This photo from the 1952 Grist<\/em> appeared in a section titled, \u201cAnd then \u2026 the books were put away,\u201d with the caption, \u201cThings Are Looking Up.\u201d While we\u2019re not entirely sure what\u2019s happening in this photo, you sure had lots of interesting ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the captions you sent were eclipse-themed, which makes sense, given this year\u2019s April 8 solar eclipse (see back cover), during which Rhode Island saw about 90% totality and URI students, faculty, and staff gathered on the Quad for an eclipse viewing party hosted by the physics department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other captions played on some good non-eclipse themes\u2014from extraterrestrials and laser pointers to hot dogs and the Red Sox. And who can argue with aliens, hot dogs, and baseball for some good summer fun?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were a little surprised there were no Mork and Mindy entries. Oh, well. Until next time\u2014nanu nanu!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Share your vintage URI Photos!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Would you consider sharing some of those vintage photos for the photo caption contest\u2014or just for fun? If so, we\u2019d love to consider sharing your photos in URI Magazine<\/em>. Please scan or take a good-quality photo of your snapshot and mail to urimag@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: COURTESY URI DIGITAL ARCHIVES Is it a Telescope? A Microwave? A Radio? This photo from the 1952 Grist appeared in a section titled, \u201cAnd then \u2026 the books were put away,\u201d with the caption, \u201cThings Are Looking Up.\u201d While we\u2019re not entirely sure what\u2019s happening in this photo, you sure had lots of interesting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-2024","architecture-caption-this","architecture-network"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13550"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18524,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550\/revisions\/18524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}