During the renovation of Takena Hall in 2023, a construction worker on his break noticed a large whiteboard near the entrance to the First Resort office. Curious, he walked over to take a closer look. The top of the board posed a question in large font, below which a plethora of multicolored answers were scrawled beneath.
Reading the replies, and the etiquette guidelines posted nearby, the worker deduced that these were the thoughts of students passing by the board as they went to and from classes. As he mused on this, an LBCC professor walked by and noticed the worker’s inquisitive glance.
By sheer coincidence, this happened to be one of the board’s founders, communications professor and advisor to the school’s Civil Discourse Program, Mark Urista…