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In a Tuesday, May 20, 2014 photo, Jay Bell, Associate Dean at the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, introduces his students to a soil pit research area in Vadnais Heights, Minn. Bell, a soil science professor at the university, wants you to know this isn't just dirt. It holds great beauty (AP Photo/MPR News,Jeffrey Thompson)
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A fiberglass sculpture at Wellesley College, entitled "Sleepwalker," is surrounded by cones and yellow caution tape, Wednesday, May 22, 2014, after being defaced Tuesday night with yellow paint on its face, left arm, left leg, and a foot. It was one of several properties on campus vandalized, and campus police are investigating. The outdoor, lifelike sculpture of a man sleepwalking in his underpants had provoked some concern on the college campus in February. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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A fiberglass sculpture at Wellesley College, entitled "Sleepwalker," stands in place, Wednesday, May 22, 2014, after being defaced Tuesday night with yellow paint on its face, left arm, left leg, and a foot. It was one of several properties on campus vandalized, and campus police are investigating. The outdoor, lifelike sculpture of a man sleepwalking in his underpants had provoked some concern on the college campus in February. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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A fiberglass sculpture at Wellesley College, entitled "Sleepwalker," is surrounded by cones and yellow caution tape, Wednesday, May 22, 2014, after being defaced Tuesday night with yellow paint on its face, left arm, left leg, and a foot. It was one of several properties on campus vandalized, and campus police are investigating. The outdoor, lifelike sculpture of a man sleepwalking in his underpants had provoked some concern on the college campus in February. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Scores of protesters chanting "Bring Back Our Girls" marched in the Nigerian capital Thursday as many schools across the country closed to protest the abductions of more than 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the government's failure to rescue them and the killings of scores of teachers by Islamic extremists in recent years. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Foresta, a pet pigeon sits a top Rob Freistadt's head at Central School Wednesday May 21, 2014. The bird had disappeared Tuesday from Tara Atkins home in the Elkhorn Mountains near Montana City. But it was back in her arms on Wednesday after it showed up at her school about 5 air miles away in Helena. The bird sat on the head of Central-Linc Elementary Freistadt. Principal Vanessa Nasset asked Tara for help catching Foresta after a parent remembered she had a pet pigeon. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley)
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In this April 22, 2014 photo, an elementary school student takes a few minutes to compose original music by herself using a laptop and keyboard, during a class taught by The Colorado Symphony's Very Young Composers program, at Cole Elementary, in Denver. The Symphony's outreach program at urban schools is designed to inspire both children and professional musicians alike, and as a way for fine arts community to expose art to a young urban demographic which is often tuned in to only pop culture. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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In this May 5, 2014 photo, Conrad Kehn, right, lead artist facilitator for the The Colorado Symphony's Very Young Composers program, and John Hilton, a violinist with the Symphony, help students compose during a music class, at Cole Elementary, in Denver. The Symphony's outreach program at urban schools is designed to inspire both children and professional musicians alike, and as a way for fine arts community to expose art to a young urban demographic which is often tuned in to only pop culture. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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In this April 22, 2014 photo, John Hilton, a violinist with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and a teacher with the Very Young Composers program, helps students compose during music class, at Cole Elementary, in Denver. The Symphony's outreach program at urban schools is designed to inspire both children and professional musicians alike, and as a way for fine arts community to expose art to a young urban demographic which is often tuned in to only pop culture. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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In this April 22, 2014 photo, Conrad Kehn, lead artist facilitator for the The Colorado Symphony's Very Young Composers program, helps students compose during music class, at Cole Elementary, in Denver. The Symphony's outreach program at urban schools is designed to inspire both children and professional musicians alike, and as a way for fine arts community to expose art to a young urban demographic which is often tuned in to only pop culture. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
