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Hard and soft sciences
By Mark Alden Branch ’86
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7:34am May 06 2026
There are 118 elements on the periodic table. But when students are jettisoning unwanted possessions before residence halls close tomorrow, there are only two kinds of matter: hard stuff and soft stuff.
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