• wild_dog [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    my college did the same thing but they sold it to the alumni association by saying it was gonna at least be a local coffee shop. It was for 2 years until the university raised the rent on the local shop so they could put in a Starbucks lol

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      8 months ago

      Who in gods name wants a starbucks over a local coffee shop? Lower quality and more expensive.

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        nobody wanted it but the admin. we got a new university president around the same time and he implemented several dumb things to “modernize” the university. They also got rid of a pretty popular student run burger spot in the student union for a Subway. I guess they thought chains would bring prestige or something. it sucked