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“when you go out this door, you’ll have your PhD.”

Cambridge PhD doorThat’s what my advisor told me as we cycled through a narrow alley downtown Cambridge.

I was downtown this morning as a graduation took progress inside. Of course, I couldn’t go in — mainly due to that fact that I didn’t have a tie, I bet — but I got a glimpse at the people with funny garments and hats inside and on the way there. Appropriately, the place is called “The Old School”, how cool is that? Cambridge is an odd place.

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  • Helen · December 13, 2005 at 00:42

    What do you mean “funny garments and hats”? How long has Cambridge been in operation?

  • Markus · December 31, 2005 at 10:33

    Actually, your photo shows the “Doctors door” at the “Senate House”. “The Old Schools” is the building to the West, where most of the University’s bureaucrats live.

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