On May 12, the campus community expressed its solidarity with Wesleyan's Muslim community during a day-long event titled Common Ground. Common Ground began with a prayer (jumaa) on Andrus Field where non-Muslims and Muslims were invited to pray together or to bear silent witness. After a short ceremony, the community gathered to share Islamic Hallal pizza. Participants also attended presentations on the history of Muslim-non-Muslim friendship and solidarity around the world, including Jewish-Muslim relations in early modern Africa. Davison Art Center presented an open house to exhibit two recently acquired works that illustrate the Egyptian ”Arab Spring." “Common Ground” was co-sponsored…