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Oct. 17, 2017
Early this morning, members of the university community were awoken by a loud explosion emanating from the Midway Plaisance. Upon looking out their respective windows and doorways, they were surprised to see aA pillar of flame reachinged hundreds of yards into the air, and fragments of hot metal pepperingred campus, which damageding several buildings and shattereding almost every window within a one-mile radiusfor a mile around. Soon after these events, aAn email was quickly sent out by the university administration, explaining the catastrophedetailing the catastrophe that befell the school.
“SSoon after these events, an email was sent out by the university administration explaining the catastrophe. “Students and Faculty of the University of Chicago,” the email somberly began, “as part of a multiyear joint initiative between NASA and College Housing, the administration has been working to design for years designing a new satellite dorm optimized for sustaining student life and house culture in lLow-eEarth oOrbit. Hubble House, our most astrodynamic low-Gothic dormitory to date, was scheduled for launch this morning at 1 a.m. CST.”
The email briefly recounted the well-known history of the project, from the university’s decision to purchase a $1.16 billion dollar Saturn V booster rocket, its plan to fabricate an aesthetically– pleasing and aerodynamic streamlined dorm that could be attached to the nose of said rocket, and of course, the construction of the Arley D. Cathey Mission Control Center and Launchpad. The mega structure housed the dorm assembly facility, resident training sites, and all mission-critical systems.
“100 brave first-years, upperclassmen, and Resident Assistants eagerly awaited the chancehad trained for years in order to to foster their educational growth and formative social experiences in Earth’s exosphere,” read the email. “These fine students were going to study in space, get good grades beyond gravity, and haveold really awkward O-mances in orbit. They were to exemplify the longstanding mission of this fine institution by spreading free and open discourse to the stars. We will miss them, all of them Maroons to the very endall.”
In unrelated news, the university is increasing tuition by 300% to cover some, as the email put it, “minor structural repairs” and “a grounds–keeping debacle on the Midway.””.
