Unbelievable! I'm calling the emergency services: Outbreak of Rationality in Maryland! Quick, seal off the area before it spreads! OhMyGod, there are people trapped inside the cordon! 8-o
Devolving authority down to someone actually present is so rare that I love it when I see it. The university seems to be trusting professors to take the decision that works for them, and staying in the background to back them up.
It's amazing how well this kind of thing works. Someone right there in front of you, in a position of authority, makes a decision, and while you're in their space you have to obey. (You might call them an a*****e under your breath, or afterwards, but while you're there, you have to deal with it). Contrast this with what's all too common: someone comes up to you and tells you to do something, because "it's company/university POLICY". They are acting as a mindless automaton. You are asked to behave as a mindless automaton. You end up feeling like smashing things up. Or, even worse, something that's all too common on public transport here in the UK: they don't even pretend they need a human being there to recite their "policy" - you get a pre-recorded announcement (generally done by a woman with a "soothing" voice that makes you feel like ripping your own ears off).
Congratulations to Frostburg State Univ!
who does not vape or smoke and never has. He does allow students to vape in class though. I'm certain he would disallow it in an instant if it became a disruption, but over the course of 2 years it apparently hasn't.
