Posted by:
Gordon B. Stinky
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Date: April 22, 2019 02:31PM
I picked up my daughter for lunch on Saturday, and we saw the mishies talking to someone on the sidewalk at the edge of campus. I commented on it, and she went on a rant about how they are on campus all the time and pestering people. That her friends all joke and complain about the efforts they have to go to in order to avoid these guys, like changing directions and walking the long way around buildings in order to avoid them. She said a number of her friends are Asian and/or foreign students who are "too nice" to be "rude" to the mishies, and/or fall for their official appearance given the neckties and name tags.
Given our family history, she is pretty well inoculated against the missies, but she said they make her feel awkward and uncomfortable too. She's a sophomore now, but last year she was only 17 (i.e. a child), and apparently having to fend off mishies. The campus is a school, but it's also their home. I know I don't have tell anyone here, but no one should have to deal with this sort of thing at all, let alone on a regular basis.
I teach at a different state university, and AFAIK we don't have a problem with mishies. I'm surprised to learn that they run rampant at a different state school.