You know those little blue lights with the call boxes under them? Ever look at them and think why? They tell you on tours that it's for your safety, that you can use the boxes to call in suspicious activity and get an escort. But think about that logistically. If there's an actual threat to your safety, is running down the nearest blue light really all that practical? They probably exist to appease nervous tour-taking parents. But drawing on John Allen's Ambient Power idea, I'd say they serve a second purpose: They let the uninitiated know there's a power structure here, and that it's watching them. It's saying, "This here's Northeastern territory and we don't want no trouble 'round here. Best head back the way you came." I decided to make that a little more obvious with my sticker.
Now you know who's watching, stereotypically poor suspicious looking person. When campus police inevitably pick you out of the crowd and politely ask you what you're doing here, you can re-shape them like this in your mind, pink undies and all. You're welcome.
Taken, appropriately, on the Northeastern side of Ruggles Station.
-Bill
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