I had my welcome back day at work, where the staff get together and meet before the students arrive. We had a seriously dismal budget projection. As in the worst I've ever seen. As is laying off part-timers and closing some departments. My job is super-secure, but it was a real gut-punch of a talk.
Then the chief of police gave a presentation on the new emergency preparedness systems and what we can do in the event of an "active shooter" on campus. Including videos of how to conduct a lockdown. Which involves making a fort out of desks and hiding in the dark.
My co-worker turned to me and said, "so the message is 'we have no money and are going to get killed'".
It'll be an interesting year.
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