{"id":17812,"date":"2021-08-27T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=17812"},"modified":"2021-08-27T17:57:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T21:57:42","slug":"school-color-candy-buffet-a-sweet-treat-for-new-transylvania-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2021\/08\/school-color-candy-buffet-a-sweet-treat-for-new-transylvania-students\/","title":{"rendered":"School color candy buffet a sweet treat for new Transylvania students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-2-810x456.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-2-810x456.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-2-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-2-730x411.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-2-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What do traditional Swedish Fish, cherry Ale-8 and Transylvania Pioneers all have in common?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two things. They appear in various shades of red (crimson is the school color). And, not coincidentally, the students and the red treats converged for a candy buffet in the Pioneer rooms of the Campus Center. The event is part of this week&#8217;s activities that are helping the Class of 2025 settle into campus life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-1-810x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17815\" width=\"457\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-1-810x594.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-1-350x257.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-1-730x535.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-1-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/transylvania_candy-buffet-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption>The buffet also featured gumballs, jelly beans and cinnamon gummy bears. Most of the candy was red in honor of the crimson school color.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just a way for us to welcome new students and get to meet them in a fun setting,&#8221; President Brien Lewis said. His office and university food service provider Bon App\u00e9tit organized the buffet, which included many types of mostly red candy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis said his former college threw a cookies and lemonade reception, the fun-ness of which his daughter questioned. 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