Greek

Can I choose? GTFO.

We got to fight... for the right... to stuuuudy!

That's right...  This time it isn't about the undergrads (directly), instead, it is about the unwillingness of law students to stand up for their rights.  It was a Sunday, 4/15, with finals starting in less than a fortnight, and several groups of law students spending blocks of time greater than 6 hours in the commons; no one made an effort to relocate the obvious groups of undergraduates.  9 PM, 6 hours past the cut off for non-law students, and there are no seats in the upper commons, but several groups of students with calculators and picture books.  No one did anything.

Suppose, ad arguendo, that these law students don't care about the strictures of the rules set forth to protect them, but each and every one of them should mind that the optimal study conditions of the commons are being compromised for the sake of "I didn't want to get involved."  That's what we do. Especially when it involves us.

Why Are They Still Here?

It is well past 8pm, and these undergrads know they should not be here, yet they still claim our territory as if nothing is amiss.  Please, please stop coming here.  Don't make me be mean and kick you out.

Administrative Blunders: from Passive Allowance to Blatant Endorsement

At this moment, room 218 of Hutchins Hall holds roughly 85-95 undergraduates studying Kinesiology in something akin to "Biomechanics," though wolverine access doesn't actually list a location or a course under that specific name.  

I can't believe that this room change (purportedly changed from a CCRB lecture hall, according to one student loitering in the hall) was un-endorsed by law school administration.  Presumably, this decision was held, at least in part, on the grounds that with the new building we have plenty of room for all.  One problem:  the scheduling for courses this semester is a joke of monstrous proportions.  Examples of poor scheduling: several courses scheduled within 10 minutes of each other (in the same room, no less); the Wednesday 20-minute debacle (if you aren't a victim... thank whatever power you like); lunch events running into scheduled course time.

So, explain to me how we have available space to loan it out to undergrads, but can't fix our own internal problems first?  It's slightly reminiscent of U.S. foreign policy, but let's not get into that.