It’s not every day that the humble CSU philosophy department makes the news, but this day, apparently, is not like other days.

This story in the PD says that the entire 19th floor of Rhodes Tower will be off limits for 2 whole years while crews remove asbestos that was exposed when a few ceiling tiles caved in due to a leaky roof.

Oddly enough, my office was one of the offices that leaked (a little bit), and where a ceiling tile had bowed due to water. However, as an adjunct, I was hardly in the office anyway.

Either way, our new digs in Mather Mansion are far better. And the adjunct office, which was the library in the ornate old mansion, one of the few remaining markers from the age of the millionaire estates that lined Euclid Avenue and made it one of the most celebrated in the world, isn’t too shabby.

It’s not uncommon to pass Harry Potter in the hallway.

Ohh… that? Just a fireplace. In my office.

Yeah, not a bad ceiling, I suppose. If you’re into that sort of thing.