This special relationship and this special event can be destroyed by the actions from just a few.
That's so true.
At our university in the 00s student protestors (they were against some fees, I think) posed as the student council for electrotechnics and got PA equipment from the university administration. Which they used to disrupt some big welcoming ceremony for foreign guest academics.
Now the electrotechnics parties had no PA equipment anymore. Because the administrative employee pointed out that technically the equipment was never for such use. Over decades(!) he had always handed it out because why wouldn't you support a big student party and the organizers had always been very responsible with it and returned it in pristine condition.
But now the risk for him personally outweighed any goodwill. Tough luck!
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A nice reminder by Jan (who is not defending the selection committee) https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/113862181623385975
(Drew's latest posts has similar reminders)
A bit downthread:
That's so true.
At our university in the 00s student protestors (they were against some fees, I think) posed as the student council for electrotechnics and got PA equipment from the university administration. Which they used to disrupt some big welcoming ceremony for foreign guest academics.
Now the electrotechnics parties had no PA equipment anymore. Because the administrative employee pointed out that technically the equipment was never for such use. Over decades(!) he had always handed it out because why wouldn't you support a big student party and the organizers had always been very responsible with it and returned it in pristine condition.
But now the risk for him personally outweighed any goodwill. Tough luck!