PHOTO: Lorena Olivas, a senior at Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts in Thorton, Colorado, walks through a tunnel of teachers and staff as part of a weekly college acceptance ritual on May 14, 2008.
Lorena Olivas, a senior at Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts in Thorton, Colorado, walks through a tunnel of teachers and staff as part of a weekly college acceptance ritual on May 14, 2008.
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