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close-up of the M on Mt Zion with lies of people hiking up to it - bus parked on the road
August 16, 2016 - Photo by Dave Powers - Click to enlarge


The students have arrived at the School of Mines, and new students will be climbing up to the M this morning. Each will carry a 10-pound rock from their home towns. They will add it to the field of rocks that form the giant M on Mt. Zion, and then, together, they will whitewash the whole letter. Learn more.

Keep an eye on the M this morning: for a while, it will disappear beneath all the bodies, and afterwards it will emerge with renewed whiteness! - Photos by Frank Hanou

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