Friday, August 18, 2006

Building, and rebuilding, a mystery

We stopped at the alma mater to drop off some ridiculous forms K needs filled out by the dean of students office to apply for law school. No idea why these forms are necessary, but I guess this is just preparation for a long career dealing with unnecessary paperwork and bureaucrats.

All these high schoolers were wandering around campus carrying furniture and bags full of books. Some kind of summer camp, as far as we could tell. Strange, though. Classes should be starting soon. I hope they get those kids off campus before the students show up. They'll need time to clean up the dorms.

Anyway, what the hell is up with the Atkins library? We drive along to the visitor deck near Cone, and they've stripped the library tower. Better waterproofing they say. Why weren't these bricks put up in the first place, or did they not learn their lessons from the staircase they built and had to tear up 6 years ago because it wasn't up to code?

They've been working on this library since before I was a freshman. It looked like a scene from a war movie during my orientation and was a constant source of frustration for most of my matriculation. They finally got it looking pretty good, and now they figure out that the fake bricks weren't keeping out the rain.

Damn. Those kids were sure young.

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