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The University of Denver’s nondescript, but aptly named physics building, sitting at 2112 east Wesley avenue was built in the late seventies, along with several other of the schools science buildings, Seeley Green Mudd, the Boettcher Auditorium, and Boettcher west. A lasting monument to the brutalist architecture of the era, the sharp lines and blank, grey façade evoke a cold, almost dejected sensation. The poorly lit halls, an artifact of the decaying wiring, the jerking, dank, wood paneled elevator, just repaired, all sentiments to the aged building. A student can be seen walking towards it, the sun having just set, the cool dark of autumn sitting on the nights air. He continues into the building then disappears up the stairs. In the …show more content…

The department itself just recently found out about its presence, apparently distraught at the idea of a chair being moved without their knowing, though it may have been there for decades without anyone’s knowledge. A chair that even the most senior faculty cannot remembers, one that matches none of the current desks at the school, one that is rarely ever seen and even less used. But a chair that, to those few who know of it, is enjoyed for the silence it offers, the view from the window, and the timeless equations. A peace rarely found in the hectic day to day of college life, this desk offers a brief few moments to enjoy the process of the work, rather than focusing on completion. How the desk came to be in its current resting place appears to be unknown, whoever placed it there either did not tell anyone or it has simply faded out of memory. When asked, the occupants of the building rarely even know of its existence. Those who do know not how or why it is there. Occasionally, a student can be seen sitting there, doing work, looking out over the expanse of the city afforded by the view, but the majority of the time, the desk sits empty, unused and forgotten. The desk itself appears to be unique. Nowhere else in the physics building, or on campus, can the same type of desk be found, its distinctive orange an apparent relic of an some

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