For me, since I live in West Halls, is to cut across Atherton and then through the parking lot. Clearly this is the shortest path. The problem that occurs is just where the applied science building starts and the sidewalk continues straight on towards the EES building. There is no diagonal path towards Leo (I have included a rather sad illistration of this below, thanks paint)! Now, being IE's makes all of us obsessed with officiency and the students have made their own path, literally worn away a dirt path across the lawn. I have been an IE for 3 semesters and the path was there when I started and will be there when I leave, unless somehow, someone knows the sidewalk people of Penn State.
Yeah, I once had to walk to the IE building to take a make up exam... I hated the walk.. But I hear a rumor that they are trying to build the campus around Beaver Stadium, so if you think about it like that, maybe the IE building won't be too much of a walk!
ReplyDeleteIf you look around campus, there are so many of these "Man-made" walkways. Why do people seem to make their own path in the tightest spots possible? Or the areas with most mud seems to be another attraction for people to walk.
ReplyDeleteI know I personally find myself walking in these areas because they are already there, but I try my hardest not to do so.
So the question is, why do we do this? What attracts us to these paths? What makes us want to walk on ground that is muddy, soggy, or even has puddles on it?