Junior Emily Baughn first noticed the dead fish in Westhampton Lake during the first couple of weeks of the semester. At first, she thought one was a leaf. Then she started seeing more.
By the time she reached Tyler Hanes Commons, Baughn estimated she had seen about 50 dead fish piled along the bank. She said she saw roughly 50 more near the construction area along the lake, where fish had accumulated near the water flowing toward the dam.
“It smelled like a fish market,” Baughn said…