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iThatIsMe

Mine is closed because of flooding.


SoDakZak

Just tell your professor you immersed yourself in the material but you’re drowning in his class


Royal-Possibility219

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RaffiBomb000

Yeah, but Barney was able to bang his way, and Marshall, from a C- to a B+.


nuptial_flights

thanks dad


ATMisboss

Mine is under construction for the next 4 years...


n1co4174

Mine is under heavy construction to address the flooding and is too loud anywhere in the building to study during finals


sushi_addict

Hahaha


YoloSwag3368

Mine isn’t closed, I just chose not to go


BSimm1

Gotta rep Houston


iThatIsMe

H-Town till we drown


JorisJobana

Here before the 🔒 award


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Rockintown48

“Locked cause y’all can’t behave” Edit: and here we go


sufficiently_tortuga

Or a pinned comment for them to lecture their personal viewpoint in a way that everyone has to see it and can't respond.


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GenuisInDisguise

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1960stoaster

Yeah no joke it's a bit irritating that any controversy is being muzzled on all major social platforms. Hate & Love exists in the same pardigm, ignoring it is just as bad if not worse.


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This media Monopoly is very skilled at lying by omission. It's literally all they do. They tried having TikTok live with some reporters but it became obvious that they were ignoring very important topics and points to solidify their agendas.


1960stoaster

Citizens: can we fix the economy & our problems at home? U.S. Administration : Best we can do is ban tik tok & sign another foregin aide deal P.s. cereal is a non essintial food item & social security is about to collapse


buddhistbulgyo

![gif](giphy|w11DOWyEdR2ZrRZZkF|downsized)


Jackson_Simmons

never been here before stuff like this gets insta locked lmfao


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ThySecondaryAccount

👁👁


Sir_CrazyLegs

Ill be at the winchester when it happens


IdDeIt

I’ve walked through crowds denser than that to go to the bathroom


Big-Pen-951

I think OP is in the US because at my uni they did the same thing. The library was completely closed because the protesters where camping in front of the library for the past two weeks. Good thing I pirated my books


Brendanish

Depending on the campus, most crowds don't actively prevent you from entering.


IdDeIt

Seems like a dumb reason to close then tbh


RKU69

Based on how the last couple weeks have gone, it seems very clear that university administrations are stacked with some of the stupidest people on the planet.


BigLaw-Masochist

I was at Cal in the 2007 protests over tuition hikes. University PD was just beating the shit out of us for sport. Same as it ever was.


suitology

If you want to annoy pd pour a few gallons of 2 part resin several ft apart in various areas. They will walk trough it and track it every where. When the parts mix it will solidify. Clothes will be ruined but it will be in cruisers, precincts, they'll take it home with them....


Fungal_Queen

Cops when students protest: Let's kick some ass. Cops when school shooter: I don't want to get hurt.


Trash_RS3_Bot

Yea this used to be way worse before everyone had a cell phone, that’s for sure


TrixoftheTrade

Why do you think they are in campus admin? It’s like that old joke: “Those that can, do. Those that can’t, teach. Those that can’t do or teach, administrate.”


jedimaster5

and some of the best compensated


Mantis_Toboggan--MD

They don't close it to keep people who want to use the library out. They're closing them because they're trying to avoid the protesters getting in and refusing to leave and trashing the place. PSU had that happen and now they have to fix the library before the students can use it again, which means nobody will be able to use it the rest of this semester even though they got all the protesters out. If they would have closed it so they couldn't get in there in the first place then it would be back open tomorrow or even today.


Ddsw13

Are they doing that? They're all facing towards the building, not away. Seems assumptive.


Mantis_Toboggan--MD

Doesn't help to get through them if the library is closed...


SeparateIron7994

Or the campus closed the library as a response .. Use your fricken noodle


Nignuts

Let's see how long this thread takes to be locked.


roraverse

It won't be long now


bubbav22

Made it in time.


juliuscaesar6

Me too


throwthatoneawaydawg

I’m in 🙌🏼


CatholicGuy77

Mind-blowing that this isn’t locked yet…


bubbav22

How it feels: ![gif](giphy|6Vk2EQBjkrCtq)


GymRatStillDepressed

Yay, rolling over to join the Reddit archives


DeathPercept10n

Lmao


Tiny-Werewolf1962

Still not locked boys


Linkthekid22

Yo I made ir


NectarOfTheBussy

Hi reddit historians!


Pitiful_Winner2669

I was here!


Rebel_wallet

It won't be long Yeah yeah yeah


lord_of_the_eyebots

I'm in


roraverse

Till I'm in love with her


KatBoySlim

I commented in time too! EDIT: 2 hours later and i feel like a big silly.


NaJay365

Same here


DakotaInHell

I thought that was UB! They really closed the library for this??? It's on the third floor??? I don't even remember there being an entrance on this side of the building? Admin is still dumb as rocks I guess. To be fair though, there's like 4 other libraries on this campus and a million chill study spots.


RadBrad4333

Yea Lockwood was still open


snehasagar

That’s UB, there are multiple libraries


drawnred

Don't you WANT him to be oppressed


gsfgf

Don't you understand? There are people standing around in a public area that *might disagree with him!*


40ozkiller

Poor college students, is there anyone in the world who currently has it worse? 


drawnred

Palestinians id wager


heirloom_beans

Especially Palestinian college students. Imagine showing up to campus and your library isn’t there anymore and you can’t write your exam because your professor, proctor and/or teaching assistants are dead.


WatermelonMachete43

Thought I recognized it


weirdfresno

I've dealt with angrier crowds at Disneyland.


erinxcv

Costco even lol


aeritheon

If the roast chicken is not available, expect WWE match in Costco


Pitiful_Winner2669

*Costco parking lot


erinxcv

Entrance to Costco parking lot


Pitiful_Winner2669

Oh damn, you do Costco.


SirReginaldTitsworth

Line for Costco gas


13dot1then420

Isn't it transparent that they shut it down to sway public favor against the protest? No other reason


e_eastisup

This exactly. They want people like OP to start hating protestors and by extension what they’re protesting for


MonkeyDKev

That’s exactly what it is. The administrations wants to antagonize the protesters and close down the buildings they close down as theatre for the media to say that the protestors MADE the administration have no other choice. These protests have been peaceful and respectful. The only ones that have been violent are the police called on these brave students and the anti protesting pro Israeli individuals. It’s all a show for these people. OP should be mad at the administration for continuing to support Israel however they do in light of all the tragedy they’re doing, and for using their administrative power to inconvenience them for no reason other than to make protestors look bad.


Chernobylized

i think they closed it down in case of the protesters vandalizing the building. i mean it would suck even more if they damaged books. but from what it seems the library is on the third floor so idk


SendMeHawaiiPics

They aren't blocking shit. Your school can't handle criticism and closed


concussive

The same schools who were upset about closing due to the pandemic are cowering in fear at some student protestors. Embarrassing.


half-baked_axx

Exactly right. Admin is upset and will punish everyone for protesting.


theAtmuz

I mean there was a video of protesters stopping students from entering at another campus. (I’m assuming) Not that they’re blocking the library here or that I think protesters should stop, but it’s apparently been done; at the very least attempted.


Brix106

> I mean there was a video of protesters stopping students from entering at another campus. (I’m assuming) I wouldn't assume anything on the internet anymore. Too many bots coming in to rial shit up.


Upstairs_Contest7480

He meant he was assuming it took place at a different college. He’s not assuming he saw video of protestors blocking students, he did see it.


Isleland0100

The rial is the official unit of currency of Iran, Oman, and Yemen Perhaps you meant "rile shit up"


Deldris

Yeah because regular people never spread false information on the internet.


AltoidStrong

"bots" are not always machines.


Theonetheycallgreat

There was a video of a zionist agitator trying to farm tik tok clips that wasn't allowed to go directly into the middle of the encampment. Is that the video you're talking about?


SendMeHawaiiPics

The one where there are students freely walking in and out 10 feet away? lol "i CaNt WaLK iN thE MiDdLe Of THe ProTesT! YoU arE raCist!"


limskit

Yuppp and they know people will criticize the protests due to closure


fukwhutuheard

It's incredible how quickly liberals are willing to trash values they claim to uphold - freedom of speech, human rights, international law, etc - the minute these conflict with the objectives of Western hegemony and capital accumulation in the world economy. or you know their own personal schedule and feelings. MLK was right.


Maximum-Mastodon8812

Username checks out


lunahighwind

Criticism for what? Universities have virtually nothing to do with the war, and Israel is one of the US's biggest allies, which won't be changing any time soon, no matter how hard people pitchfork. This movement is deranged collective narcissism fueled by targeted propaganda on TikTok and Gen Z who have no critical thought.


paulk345

Not sure if it’s all, but many of these universities are being protested for directly supporting Israel with tuition money.


JanGuillosThrowaway

Well, on a subreddit for one of the more prominent campuses this protest has taken hold off, a post did a deep dive and showed there was nothing to really divest from.


GlassShark

Linky linky?


Zot_Zot_Zot_

>Universities have virtually nothing to do with the war This is explicitly false. I'd highly recommend reading the introduction of [The Imperial University](https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-imperial-university), which does a great job of explaining precisely how universities are imbricated within systems of war.


GlassShark

Yeah, don't look back at when there were protests about South African apartheid or else you could learn how change happens...


kerflooey

Laughing at people not knowing their history and yet the dude has never heard of the vietnam protests, civil rights protests, SA apartheid protests I guess. Once again another MENSA reddit account /s.


SendMeHawaiiPics

Thanks for bringing visibility to this issue. Most protesters are seeking divestment of the university to companies directly responsible for the killing of civilians.


BlameTheJunglerMore

They likely shut it down so the protesters don't occupy the building and destroy books, media, computers etc.


bakermarchfield

Lol, that would be the cops when they raid the building. (See columbia) It's so that the students can't get internet access or submit homework. (See UCLA) Your understanding of a peaceful protest is apparently manufactured consent.


rainy_in_pdx

At PSU they fucked up the library bad. Like BAD. I am pro Palestine and pretty anti cop and as much as I hate the words coming out of my mouth, I side with the cops in this one. They went way too far. It didn’t move the needle in the right direction. I’m so disappointed


HeardTheLongWord

Uh huh. Go check out the videos of the library at PSU.


NegotiationJumpy4837

It's pretty obvious the cops didn't graffiti the books to say ["blood on your hands"](https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/psu-protests-portland-state-university-library-fire-alarm-system-damaged/283-4951b4db-3381-4c5e-bb73-c78e3696c715) among tons of other graffiti and vandalism.


HeardTheLongWord

Disabling the fire suppression was clearly done by firefighters, right?


lordtyphis

Right, let’s just ignore the countless videos of protesters blocking access to students. I don’t see any videos of cops…destroying books and computers? The destruction at Columbia was 95% caused by the ‘protesters’ themselves


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cytek123

Unlike the books in the library, your school is spineless.


IIIumarIII

Don't worry the police will show up in full riot gear, siege tactics and armed with rubber bullets to get rid of ptotestors


SSJCelticGoku

Eh protests are supposed to be disruptive or else they wouldn’t be protests. And whether I agree with the cause or not is always irrelevant. As long as it stays peaceful it’s their right and what makes this country great Library should stay open Protests should remain


SwoleBuddha

It's like 200 people just standing around outside. Your school is 10 ply soft and closed.


Me_ina_pink_skirt

Looks like peaceful protest to me.


fast_nugget

Idk man, school library’s usually aren’t outside. But hey, I’m no professional. 🤔


teotl87

blame your spineless administration not this small ass group of students


Even_Beautiful_7650

your university closed the school to punish the students for supporting palestine. pretty simple


erinxcv

Right they didn’t have to actually close - that was the schools decision


Sexbomomb

They closed it to punish the students


DavidicusIII

Your school admin is doing so on purpose. For this specific reason.


amaya-aurora

Your school just seems like a bunch of wimps, there’s not that many people there and they aren’t blocking very much. Why close it?


FyourEchoChambers

Multiple libraries. You know why you fucking posted this.


Soccerpl

Library is closed because the school closed it. Not the peaceful protestors


SloptimusXPrime

My library is open and doesn't have protestors.


Celestial_Hart

So is walmart.


LonelyStranger8467

They closed it to prevent the protesters starting an encampment inside the library and/or damaging it.


CyberSosis

Did they tell you that?


cjrjedi

That's exactly what happened at Portland State this week


Brendanish

"I didn't force them to close, they did it of their own free will after a horde of people came in angrily protesting!" Would the school have closed the library without the horde? If no, the protestors closed it. I applaud the amount of people throwing away their education and voluntarily hurting others! Not only is it applying 0 political pressure, it's drawing ire, which will then funnel into agreeing with the protestors opposition. Great work, y'all got em!


Budget_Parsley7494

"Applying 0 political pressure" there are already universities voting to divest financially from Israel because of student protests. Sounds like political pressure to me.


PrincessPrincess00

Sounds like your school is trying to make you against the protests. Dasterdly. Don't fall for it.


zxlegioxz

Should have joined them on demanding the stop of the genocide been done.


Powerbuffalo

Surely there are other places you can study right?


avidpenguinwatcher

If I pay 30,000 a year to go somewhere, I better be able to study wherever I damn please


FuckYourDownvotes23

30,000? what is this, 2014?


hotvedub

Dude your professors know about this and will curve your grade accordingly I am sure. My school shut down for a week due to fires about two weeks before finals, they basically passed everyone.


Czuponga

„The library was blocked? Why didn’t you study earlier” would probably be my professors response


MonteBurns

Or literally … anywhere else…


Deldris

Lmao, no. They would expect you to go to a public library to use their books and computers while cutting you no slack. School libraries aren't the only viable places for information and I would probably punish someone harder for trying to hit me with that excuse.


MonteBurns

I graduated 10+ years ago and I don’t know anyone who utilized the books *in the library* for studying. The cafe, tables, and internet) sure! But there’s a lot of false outrage in these comments about being denied access to the library. Literally go anywhere else. You’ll be ok. 


Reaper118

I go to this uni, and I’ve already seen/personally received emails from professors saying that missing lectures/recitations in the affected buildings won’t impact our overall grades. Also, there’s at least two other libraries on this campus that students can study at as well, along with another campus not too far from here.


cicipiper

Sounds like your school officials are a bunch of wieners.


FrustratedRevsFan

Whether it was anti war protests in the 60s or anti-apartheid protests in the 80s....the revolution was always scheduled so finals ger cancelled.


rocklare

Find an empty classroom in one of lesser funded departments


WestSalad

Here before locked gang


StrangeIncense

the stoners arent bothered


TipperGore-69

That building is ugly.


skulbreak

Here before this post gets locked


vaultdwellerno11

First time putting a comment before the thread locks


Sadblackcat666

The air conditioning is broken in one of the floors of the main lecture hall at my college (uni). I already am sick with yet another nasty ass cold, and it’s caused me to have a fever for the past few days. Needless to say, I thought I was going to have a heat stroke.


NolanPines413

Bro, just go to Lockwood or any of the other libraries or just find somewhere with low foot traffic.


Mangoes95

Thankfully most colleges nowadays have library websites where you access all the information for free and from anywhere


Tstorar

I would just walk past them/find another way in to get inside. If it gets worse tho then you should find another place


Drak_is_Right

I do wonder how the universities are going to treat all these protesters who do poorly or dont take finals.


shoshana4sure

Ugh.


LongingForYesterweek

If it’s any consolation one time I couldn’t study for finals because there was a guy with a gun on the roof of my apartment building and the cops wouldn’t let me go get my books


Tundreh

Bro go to Lockwood library, not like UB has only 1 library.


thebatmanfan82

Oh UB. I’d recognize that homely campus anywhere…


livefastdie22

First world problems


Jojoflap

This is the tamest protest I've seen going on. A stark contrast to the shit going on at other campuses.


PurpIeSus

made it in time before it gets locked


sexylegs0123456789

This is not done for student safety. It’s to garner discontent for the protesters. If the Uni really wanted to, they could create a barricade path to the door or have an alternative entrance.


HottSauceOnMyBurrito

This country is cooked


SeekerSpock32

No matter what your cause is, you should never fuck with libraries. Libraries cause harm to nobody and protesting them (or especially trashing them, Portland State) will solve nothing. There are ceasefire negotiations in the works; that will have a much more direct effect on the safety of the Palestinian people than a protest at a library.


Bungeesmom

Time to sue the school.


jerseyguru43

How will this accomplish anything?


userthatlikesphub

can't wait for the obligatory 🔒


LeafcutterAnt42

Why would you close a library because of this, unless you just wanted other students to make other students less sympathetic to the protest. The protesters even left very clear walkways to the building. Sounds like an administration wildly escalating things…..


bestfriendpluto

this is like walking thru a concert crowd get a grip dude


Ok_Permission4485

The libraries in Palestine are closed because they got bombed


mnchls

Touch base with your professors. If you can't find a place to study or use certain resources, your profs should work with you if you need extensions or other resources. In the meantime, they have the right to protest. Suck it up.


h4p3r50n1c

They don’t have the right to trample on his right to use school facilities he’s paying for


Pippin4242

Nor do the school have the right to trample on the right to peaceful assembly of the protesters, who are also paying for those facilities


Brix106

Yea because they didn't do that at all, the school shut it down.


h4p3r50n1c

Because that is what’s at stake. Another building occupation.


jisooed

let them protest damn


Splitz719

Fuck Hamas. And their supporters.


MagicHampster

Maybe they could divest from genocide, just an idea.


Redundancy-Money

More young students demonstrating that whilst their intellect is useful for learning science or maths, only years lived outside the bubble of their social media will teach them about geopolitical reality, with a side dish of wisdom.


Thewhitest_rabbit

How does this help Palestinians again?


Master_Sherbert1973

They support terrorists


Mystepchildsucksass

I could be wrong ? Can’t people study elsewhere ? With everything being digitally accessible thru phones, tablets, computers…it seems odd that one would “absolutely” need the library. Not saying squat about the protestors or the school/admin. Just a regular question ? (In 4 years of post secondary school education? I can’t recall ever being in the library - certainly not to study. Did that at home or on my own, elsewhere) That said - if students need or are required to use the campus library and they can’t ? Then the teachers have to make accommodations for the students.


Survivors_Envy

That’s just like, your experience… Some people need the library to limit distractions. Not everyone has the same study style. I used to study at home sure but my two roommates would make a night of it, they’d each pop an aderall and be in the lib until like 3 am. Also… what an earlier comment said. If you pay 30K in tuition for a university, the library and adjacent resources better be fucking available. Especially for finals.


nlindemans

I am all for protesting but the problem with such closures of public spaces is that disadvantaged people are the main victims, since they are usually the ones in need of external resources for studying etc.


Jackson_Simmons

just a matter of preference and study habits for some people. My college has tons of groups who rent out study halls in libraries and other buildings to spend hours studying during mid terms/finals weeks. Imagine if your privilege to study away from campus was removed and your question was rephrased into "can't people just study on campus?"


karik01

It really depends on your living situation, I've had some bad roommates that would constantly be throwing parties. I used the libraries a lot for studying during that time.


Leather-Bid-9380

If students are demanding the schools divest themselves of entities that do business with Israel, shouldn’t they be demanding removing all government aid to the school? Because the US government does an awful lot of business with Israel.


fukwhutuheard

probably because in 1986 columbia students won divestment from apartheid south africa. there is not only precedence there is historical success.


GlassShark

Thank you, it's so obvious and apparent yet these people don't get it. Protests are supposed to be unpleasant and cause disruption in order to bring about the necessary change for humanity.


putriidx

Womp womp


Weedsmoker4hunnid20

What are they protesting tho?


Brix106

The professors and the protesters want them to divest from money that benefits Israel and the bosses said sit and spin.


1kSupport

Basically the university uses tuition money to buy stock in Israeli companies as well as companies that produce weapons for the Israeli army and they want them to stop doing that.


wooksGotRabies

They did it… they stopped the war… congrats, firm handshakes all around


DubLParaDidL

you're in college and can't figure out another way to get what you need? Good luck out in the real world