According to several tipsters, hordes of prospective Columbians—whom our super scientific guestimations put somewhere between 4 and 6 years old—have been spotted amassing on and around Low steps, and in front of Butler. They’re tiny. They’re adorable. Pink puffer jackets abound.

One such youngster was overheard making an astute observation outside Butler:

“Every kind of library is for different types of playing. This is a library for playing less.”

Contemplating their own mortalities/bag lunches