Other Areas

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A locked meditation room on Charney Hall's second floor

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A locked wellness room on the third floor

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A sign featured at the back of the law library near some tables

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A sign found in a study space on the third floor

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A sign featured on a third floor door leading to an outside terrace

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A random office space. Note all office spaces are similarly obfuscated

This final section covers a few miscellaneous areas around Charney Hall. 

The first image comes from a meditation room on the second floor. My tour guide and I did not attempt to access this space, however. Still, the room's purpose strongly implies that it is meant only for users, not visitors. 

The next image, the third floor wellness room, was locked when my tour guide and I attempted to go inside. I then asked my tour guide to scan his law school access card so we could go inside. Curiously, despite being a full-time student, his card was declined! Thus we had no way of entering this space. We were both equally perplexed at this turn of events. 

The following two images are of signs found on the law library's second and third floor respectively. These were not the only two instances of such signs in these spaces. Nevertheless, their presence serves as a stark reminder of the exclusivity of the space. It is clear that these spaces are meant for users and users only—not visitors. And it is even clearer that this is fact which all people—visitors or otherwise—must be made aware of.

The next image is from a door on the third floor leading to a terrace at the front of Charney Hall. Of all the spaces, it struck me the most odd that this space would be reserved only to law students and faculty. My tour guide confessed he had never been on the terrace. Still, we both could not help but wonder why this space was exclusive. 

The final image respresents most of the faculties' office spaces. The windows to all offices are opaque and obfuscated. This is understandable to an extent, especially in terms of student-to-teach privacy. Still, the feeling of walking through this space is one of isolation. The feeling is both administrative and secretive. 

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