B-Smak solved this one quickly, going up to his room and Googling the individual words in the puzzle. From the Lord of the Rings reference in the image, one can gather that this clue is in Elvish. An Elvish-English Dictionary, found easily online, can get you to:

We were looking for a shiny face of iron somewhere near the crossing of El Camino Real and California Avenue, about 2 minutes away from campus.

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