White student ID badge with blue crest and lanyard
Description
I lost my white plastic student ID badge yesterday around 3pm. It’s a rectangular card, about the size of a credit card, with a matte finish and a tiny chip on the bottom-right corner. The front shows my photo on the left, my name 'Priya Patel' in bold, and a blue university crest in the top-right. The badge usually hangs on a black lanyard, but the clip is cracked and the hole in the badge is slightly warped. There’s a faint scratch across the photo window and a tiny embossed 'AP' on the back. I was near the Brunswick Public Library on Brunswick Street, then walked past the Village Cup coffee shop near Maple Avenue, and realized it wasn’t in my pocket yesterday afternoon. This badge is my only access credential for the building, and I really need it back.
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