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Fair enough, but you're not me. It's not just campuses, everywhere I go, I am persona non grata.

• hotpotamus 4y ago
  You know, I'm not supposed to be snarky, but in all seriousness, there is a saying about encountering jerks everywhere you go. My college experience was also quite open, as a state school it was in some sense a public institution and you pretty much could just open a door to a classroom and attend lectures as you wished. A closed campus wouldn't really be practical as students might want to work at any given time of the day - and I sometimes did as an architecture major who spent long hours meticulously finishing projects. I didn't live on campus, but obviously the dorms were a bit more like apartments with their own ability to manage access and I don't know about admin offices and things - most professors were pretty accessible but I'm sure the doors could lock if they wanted to. But overall academia tries to foster a sense of openness both literally and metaphorically.
  • Maursault 4y ago
    > You know, I'm not supposed to be snarky, but in all seriousness, there is a saying about encountering jerks everywhere you go. The saying you refer to and your comment are both obtuse ad hominems, and I'm not sure who would mistake it for wisdom. I'm far more like hemorrhoids: I endlessly irritate assholes.