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It’s a sunny day in Cambridge. It hasn’t rained in a few days, so the stone of campus is dry, and the MIT population mills about to its various hotspots by way of everyone’s favorite junction: Lobby 7. It’s around 5 PM, and the sun is getting lower in the sky. The sky is clear, the world is warm, and you stand on the West side of Mass Ave facing the Little Dome, ready to walk onto campus for… what

It’s a sunny day in Cambridge. It hasn’t rained in a few days, so the stone of campus is dry, and the MIT population mills about to its various hotspots by way of everyone’s favorite junction: Lobby 7. It’s around 5 PM, and the sun is getting lower in the sky. The sky is clear, the world is warm, and you stand on the West side of Mass Ave facing the Little Dome, ready to walk onto campus for… whatever you might need to do that day. It’s a moment like this in which, if you’re lucky, you’ll find yourself glancing down to the corner of the steps by one of the carved MASSACHVSETTS / 77 /…

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