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Follow Moose and Squirrel to the new Swenson Sci . . . I mean . . . follow Moose and Buffalo to the new Swenson Science Building!

When you sight these fine beasts, you are almost at the narrow skybridge, and your journey (to my classroom in the fab new lab) is near its end.

"Navigation" is such a frequently-used metaphor in web design. But, as I tell my students . . . at some point we must remember that we're just sitting here in front of a screen . . . we're not "going" anywhere . . . the vast copy machine of the wwweb is simply sending us copies.

So when we find ourselves with true navigation tribulations it is instructive.

Our classes meets in the new Swenson Science building. Where is the new Swenson Science building anyway? I can see it when I drive by . . . but how the heck do you get there?

When you start to see signs like this one, you know there's a navigation issue . . .

. . . so many helpful souls putting up vernacular signage to try to assist the wayward scholar . .

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And perhaps loveliest of all, this provocative warning:

"Foot Traffic Only" . . . what, have people been bringing their horses into the new building?