{"id":1636,"date":"2013-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.224.237.165\/index.php\/2019\/02\/25\/traffic-on-the-quad-grinds-to-a-halt-as-two-students-fail-to-walk-past-each-other\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T04:58:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:58:02","slug":"traffic-on-the-quad-grinds-to-a-halt-as-two-students-fail-to-walk-past-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/16\/traffic-on-the-quad-grinds-to-a-halt-as-two-students-fail-to-walk-past-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic on the Quad Grinds to a Halt as Two Students Fail to Walk Past Each Other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<h6>By <a href=\"\/search?author=Jacob Johnson\">Jacob Johnson<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>March 22, 2017<\/h6>\n<p><insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"2\" data-time=\"1490201340619\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"><\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"3\" data-time=\"1490660400967\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">Wednesday, April 10<\/delete>At approximately 12:47 pm this<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"6\" data-time=\"1490660408608\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"> Wednesday<\/insert> afternoon, local UChicago first-years Timothy Burnside and Felix Gardner became locked in a stunning display of over-politeness mixed with sheer incompetence. According to reports, Burnside and Gardner had approached the slightly narrow pathway leading from near Cobb hall to the Regenstein <insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"17\" data-time=\"1490660439758\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">L<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"16\" data-time=\"1490660439523\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">l<\/delete>ibrary from opposite directions. Both appeared to be preoccupied, likely texting that cute girl from their respective <insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"19\" data-time=\"1490660444909\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">S<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"18\" data-time=\"1490660444792\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">s<\/delete>osc classes<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"22\" data-time=\"1490660453726\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"> with whom<\/insert> <delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"32\" data-time=\"1490660459407\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">that <\/delete>neither had a<delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"4\" data-time=\"1490662989359\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">ny<\/delete> remote chance<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"43\" data-time=\"1490660464444\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">.<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"37\" data-time=\"1490660462224\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"> with.<\/delete> As a result, neither man appeared to look up and notice the other\u2019s approach until a collision was near-imminent. At th<insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"9\" data-time=\"1490662999121\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">at<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"7\" data-time=\"1490662998355\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">is<\/delete> moment, disaster struck.<\/p>\n<p>Preceded by a simultaneous \u201cexcuse me\u201d (indicating that this was in fact Chicago and not New York), Burnside moved to his left to give Gardner room, while Gardner moved to his right. Seeing that Gardner\u2019s right was Burnside\u2019s left, the two were face-to-face once again, their positioning predicament still unresolved. To correct this, after a synchronized \u201cmy bad<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"44\" data-time=\"1490660500421\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">,<\/insert>\u201d<delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"45\" data-time=\"1490660501431\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">,<\/delete> Gardner and Burnside each shifted to the opposite side from where they had just stood, which unsurprisingly did little to improve the situation. The deadlock remained.<\/p>\n<p>This went on for several minutes, during which a battle of wits had quickly ensued<delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"46\" data-time=\"1490660515439\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">,<\/delete> with Burnside trying to anticipate where Gardner would next position himself, and vice-versa. Occasionally, the two would stand completely still, waiting to see what the other\u2019s next move would be, before eventually giving up and moving simultaneously once again. Both even res<insert class=\"ins cts-2\" data-cid=\"20\" data-time=\"1490663078886\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">orted<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"11\" data-time=\"1490663077763\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">ulted<\/delete> to basketball-esque \u201cjuke\u201d techniques, but to no avail. Their synchronization was<delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"26\" data-time=\"1490663093592\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\"> still<\/delete> perfect, which, according to an anonymous observer<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"47\" data-time=\"1490660531978\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">,<\/insert> \u201cwould have been cool if it w<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"50\" data-time=\"1490660535805\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">ere<\/insert><delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"48\" data-time=\"1490660534213\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">as<\/delete>n\u2019t so dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By this time, a sizable crowd of students remained backed up behind the two, unable to pass due to the standoff taking place. Simply walking around on the grass did not appear to be a valid option, as, according to sources, the grass was \u201ccompletely soaked and kind of gross-looking<insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"53\" data-time=\"1490660552073\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">.<\/insert>\u201d<delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"54\" data-time=\"1490660553108\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">.<\/delete> By this time, both Gardner and Burnside, visibly sweating from the sheer effort of not being able to walk past someone, gave a synchronized and exhausted call for help. Within ten minutes, UCPD had arrived on the scene<delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"55\" data-time=\"1490660606372\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">,<\/delete> and were able to carefully separate both students, who agreed to plan their future schedules so there would be no chance of <delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"57\" data-time=\"1490660612754\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\">the two <\/delete>ever crossing paths <insert class=\"ins cts-1\" data-cid=\"65\" data-time=\"1490660615912\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"><delete class=\"del cts-2\" data-cid=\"33\" data-time=\"1490663182796\" data-userid=\"28\" data-username=\"Nik Varley\">with the other <\/delete><\/insert>again.<delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"56\" data-time=\"1490660610643\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"> <\/delete> <\/p>\n<p>Upper-level university officials are looking into installing wider pathways in case a similar incident happens in the future. On a related note, a similar situation occurred earlier this morning at Northwestern University, except instead of being blocked by another person, a student found a large mirror in his path.<delete class=\"del cts-1\" data-cid=\"83\" data-time=\"1490660627345\" data-userid=\"23\" data-username=\"Jacob Levin\"> <\/delete><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacob Johnson March 22, 2017 Wednesday, April 10At approximately 12:47 pm this Wednesday afternoon, local UChicago first-years Timothy Burnside and Felix Gardner became locked in a stunning display of over-politeness mixed with sheer incompetence. According to reports, Burnside and Gardner had approached the slightly narrow pathway leading from near Cobb hall to the Regenstein Llibrary from opposite directions. Both appeared to be preoccupied, likely texting that cute girl from their respective Ssosc classes with whom that neither had any remote chance. with. As a result, neither man appeared to look up and notice the other\u2019s approach until a collision was near-imminent. At thatis moment, disaster struck. Preceded by a simultaneous \u201cexcuse me\u201d (indicating that this was in fact Chicago and not New York), Burnside moved to his left to give Gardner room, while Gardner moved to his right. Seeing that Gardner\u2019s right was Burnside\u2019s left, the two were face-to-face once again, their positioning predicament still unresolved. To correct this, after a synchronized \u201cmy bad,\u201d, Gardner and Burnside each shifted to the opposite side from where they had just stood, which unsurprisingly did little to improve the situation. The deadlock remained. This went on for several minutes, during which a battle of wits had quickly ensued, with Burnside trying to anticipate where Gardner would next position himself, and vice-versa. Occasionally, the two would stand completely still, waiting to see what the other\u2019s next move would be, before eventually giving up and moving simultaneously once again. Both even resortedulted to basketball-esque \u201cjuke\u201d techniques, but to no avail. Their synchronization was still perfect, which, according to an anonymous observer, \u201cwould have been cool if it wereasn\u2019t so dumb.\u201d By this time, a sizable crowd of students remained backed up behind the two, unable to pass due to the standoff taking place. Simply walking around on the grass did not appear to be a valid option, as, according to sources, the grass was \u201ccompletely soaked and kind of gross-looking.\u201d. By this time, both Gardner and Burnside, visibly sweating from the sheer effort of not being able to walk past someone, gave a synchronized and exhausted call for help. Within ten minutes, UCPD had arrived on the scene, and were able to carefully separate both students, who agreed to plan their future schedules so there would be no chance of the two ever crossing paths with the other again. Upper-level university officials are looking into installing wider pathways in case a similar incident happens in the future. On a related note, a similar situation occurred earlier this morning at Northwestern University, except instead of being blocked by another person, a student found a large mirror in his path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}