"He said he had tried to take the building back from the students in part because a computer server that hosted his research was inside and malfunctioning." If

"He said he had tried to take the building back from the students in part because a computer server that hosted his research was inside and malfunctioning." If he had been successful this would have been a nearly perfect xkcd - https://xkcd.com/705/ https://xkcd.com/705/ I realize that's a little glib, but there isn't much of substance to say about something like this. If a university wants to abandon one of its buildings to students (or squatters, etc) going rouge and trying to take the building back isn't likely to end well for a university employee, regardless of the politics in play.