The Parkhurst Commons at State Fair Community College is frequented by an eclectic mix of people. And over the past few weeks, some of them have been testing the limits of what sort of behavior is acceptable in public.
There used to be three computers available in a small carpeted corner of the commons. One day I arrived and they were gone — the popular rumor was that, despite various content filters that are in place, that someone managed to pull up something that was decidedly inappropriate and the collective commons lost that particular privilege.
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