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Campus Buildings Improve as University Shutdown Slows Construction

By Dead Pullout Society , in Campus Life , at April 6, 2020 Tags: , , ,

While the coronavirus pandemic is causing many universities to move online, at least one space is benefitting from social distancing: Texas A&M’s campus. Students and non-essential faculty and staff are working from home, leaving campus empty and able to thrive.

“In the past two weeks, nearly all construction has cleared up on campus,” head groundskeeper Billy Carson said. “With everyone gone, we have seen a significant decrease in construction levels. It has been years since we’ve seen a campus like this.”

According to Carson, construction has been a growing issue for at least the past 20 years. Since the university’s decision to move all classes online, however, the campus has had a chance to heal.

“I returned to campus to pack my office for the semester, and I was amazed by what I saw,” Professor Johnson Avery said. “Buildings have reverted to historical architecture overnight, many sidewalks have grown back into green space, and I even spotted some wild mustangs off F&B Road.”

According to one dorm resident currently living on campus, even the newest buildings on campus have been outdone by the construction recovery. “I chose Hullabaloo because it was the nicest dorm on campus,” freshman Cayleigh Burdrow said. “However, after these improvements, I’ve decided to request a transfer to FHK.”

Long denying the damage construction has caused, university officials declined to comment.

 

— Dead Pullout Society