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The Sounds of Silence

In the evening hours of early September, the Class of 2029 discovered something hidden beneath pin-drop silence: The library had turned into a dance floor. An Orientation Week favorite, Silent Disco drew throngs of first-year students to an unusually fluorescent Olin Library, where they donned headphones, picked a playlist to match their taste, and danced like no one else was watching—or listening.