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reveazure OP t1_izq26ni wrote

Previously there was an announcement that most of the MIT buildings including the infinite corridor would be permanently closed to the general public as an extension of covid policies. It looks like public feedback has done its job and they decided to return to the pre-covid open policy.

Sometimes things work out.

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riski_click t1_izqk4es wrote

My favorite part of this resolution is that the "community" feedback all came from within the MIT community. It wasn't that the people of Cambridge were complaining they weren't allowed anymore, it was the people of MIT that were complaining that the public were no longer allowed in the infinite corridor. I was glad to see those barriers inside 77 Mass suddenly disappear!

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jgonagle t1_izsh69u wrote

Yeah, there was a massive grassroots campaign among alumni to write in about how the new policy proposal would destroy the school's unique culture. I can't speak much to the effect of the general public's input.

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UniWheel t1_iztjep7 wrote

> it was the people of MIT that were complaining tha.t the public were no longer allowed in the infinite corridor

Or that the access controls were annoying.

Plus the general feeling of being tracked.

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TheOriginalTerra t1_iztn668 wrote

It's not really the pre-COVID open policy, though. The Main Group and Kendall Square buildings are open during the day on weekdays, and everything that was closed before is still closed on weekends. After they proposed keeping the campus closed, there was a lot of backlash, so then sent a survey to the community asking, basically, "Do you want an open campus, or do you want a safe campus?" And still about two-thirds of respondents wanted an open campus. I guess the new schedule was the administration's idea of a compromise.

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