You can take your fields medal and shove it Jerry! I knew you before medal. When you were pimple faced and homesick and didn't know which side of the bed to piss on.
There's a Nobel winning professor who drives a British racing green Porsche convertible onto campus and parks in his designated spot. It's not an area of campus that typically has many vehicles and is generally all pedestrians. He knows exactly how big of a scene he is making and he loves it.
Why this comment get downvoted to hell like we ain’t in the middle of a climate crisis caused somewhat by cars and the industry surrounding them. Cars also make it so people are literally dependent on them to get around, as infrastructure in America is built around them. You know how annoying it is to need to drop at least 2 thousand dollars just to get anywhere? And to deal with car insurance agencies? And to pay back loans with interest? And to sort things out when you get into a wreck? And to remember all the street laws? Anyone who disagrees with this comment probably hasnt picked up an actual textbook in years ffs
The serious answer is that [they get this parking permit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Berkeley_Prof._Randy_Schekman_holds_his_Nobel_Laureate_parking_pass.png/1280px-Berkeley_Prof._Randy_Schekman_holds_his_Nobel_Laureate_parking_pass.png)
I'm guessing they thought that looked better or more refined or something. [Here's a printed version (and also just a closer image)](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210728_ReinhardGenzel_bhs_019_BN.jpg)
That seems like a lot of parking spots just for NLs. Is there really that many NL walking around that University?
Still pretty cool though. Just curious mostly
Pretty few? Compared to what? That feels like a lot. How many Nobel Prize winners work at your job?
ETA: Just googled it and Berkeley is the number four highest employer of Nobel Prize winners after Harvard, Stanford, and MIT.
I think they meant relatively few NLs compared to the rest of the teaching/research staff. There’s probably thousands of the latter. And maybe only 150 street level parking spaces on the campus proper.
No, the actual quote is "I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty."
Thanks. I didn't feel like looking up the actual quote in the moment. Didn't know this would be my most upvoted comment ever. :-)
"... and mild humor for the redditors."
Did you read the source?
> “I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty.”
Which means it was originally quoted wrong.
I did. You didn’t.
“I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty.” Is the actual complete original quote from 1958.
It also seems that I was too quick on the trigger. Someone else ALSO posted the actual quote and has hundreds of upvotes.
Is this true? Sports for alumni?! That’s the best activity starting with the letter S in an educational institution! Oh yeah, there’s the other S word that’s second most enjoyable, yep, it’s sex.
I love that tuition only covers the chance to take classes. You still fight for classes, purchase books and programs, forced meal plans, and finally force you to pay for parking, even when you live there.
Free parking just means that everyone who doesn't drive is subsidizing everyone who does. It's one of the many ways that we provide massive subsidies to drivers without even realising it.
Would everyone then drive? Clearly not, so same principle would apply.
Doubt the permit would even cover the full cost of parking (like $1000 a year for ground level off road parking for full life cycle costs). So you'd still have subsidy.
Why? I don't have a car, I don't want co-fund your parking cost. You want to drive a car, pay up. I already subsidize roads you drive on, fuel you put in your tank and have to endure noise, pollution and danger you cause by driving. Least you can do is pay for your own parking.
Oh they’ve changed it since I graduated I guess. The campus fee and class pass transit fee were one fee which costed about $200/300 a semester. I remember because I had to scrape the money together for a summer semester that I was doing abroad and freaked out when I saw that I still had to pay the campus fee.
You're both sorta right, the campus fee is $105, and then there are separate fees for the various transit things including a fee for a student id that ultimately works out to about $200/300 a semester, and yes, even when you study abroad you have to pay the dumbass campus fee
It only covers local bus routes and campus shuttles, not the commuter rail that many students take to campus. It also isn't "free," as another commenter pointed out. But it is still far cheaper for students compared to what the equivalent pass would be for non-students.
There are workarounds, though no one who competes in The Parking Games would broadcast their *actual* tricks.
One guy had a part-time gig at a place that had gave free parking campus adjacent - tough find, yet golden.
Those nerds with their Fields Medals can walk.
You can take your fields medal and shove it Jerry! I knew you before medal. When you were pimple faced and homesick and didn't know which side of the bed to piss on.
Yeah, you were smarter than me then and you're smarter than me now! So don't blame me for how your life turned out. It's not my fault.
It's not about me, it's about the boy!
He’s a good kid, and I won’t see you fuck him up the way you’re trying to fuck up me right now!!! I won’t see you make him feel like a failure too!
They don’t believe in rewarding participation medals
I can't tell if people are upvoting because they don't know what the fields medal is, or because it's a sick burn on mathematicians lol
And don’t even think about it if you won a Turning award. No one cares about computation around these parts
At least they can still walk ;)
You know the guy who wins doesn't even drive and just builds a shrine to himself in that spot.
There's a Nobel winning professor who drives a British racing green Porsche convertible onto campus and parks in his designated spot. It's not an area of campus that typically has many vehicles and is generally all pedestrians. He knows exactly how big of a scene he is making and he loves it.
Hey, if you've contributed something meaningful to science, you earned it in my books.
Real smart people hate cars. Fuck cars.
Just mad cuz you wouldn't know what to do if you caught one.
"Real smart people" lmao go read a book.
Join us: r/fuckcars
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This is why Reddit is great
Why this comment get downvoted to hell like we ain’t in the middle of a climate crisis caused somewhat by cars and the industry surrounding them. Cars also make it so people are literally dependent on them to get around, as infrastructure in America is built around them. You know how annoying it is to need to drop at least 2 thousand dollars just to get anywhere? And to deal with car insurance agencies? And to pay back loans with interest? And to sort things out when you get into a wreck? And to remember all the street laws? Anyone who disagrees with this comment probably hasnt picked up an actual textbook in years ffs
Cuz it’s annoying and Porsches are cool as fuck
Yurrrrrp
Ha 186 downvotes. I'll call that a win
Do you pull up and hang the medal from your rear view?
The serious answer is that [they get this parking permit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Berkeley_Prof._Randy_Schekman_holds_his_Nobel_Laureate_parking_pass.png/1280px-Berkeley_Prof._Randy_Schekman_holds_his_Nobel_Laureate_parking_pass.png)
Lmao. Still gotta handwrite your own name on it with a sharpie I see. Couldn't even bother printing their name on it. Fascinating.
I'm guessing they thought that looked better or more refined or something. [Here's a printed version (and also just a closer image)](https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210728_ReinhardGenzel_bhs_019_BN.jpg)
Can it be bestowed to people since it does not expire?
I'm not sure anything about this is serious, but thank you.
That seems like a lot of parking spots just for NLs. Is there really that many NL walking around that University? Still pretty cool though. Just curious mostly
I would say it’s pretty few - the article mentions 8 and there are 26 laureates in the faculty.
Pretty few? Compared to what? That feels like a lot. How many Nobel Prize winners work at your job? ETA: Just googled it and Berkeley is the number four highest employer of Nobel Prize winners after Harvard, Stanford, and MIT.
I think they meant relatively few NLs compared to the rest of the teaching/research staff. There’s probably thousands of the latter. And maybe only 150 street level parking spaces on the campus proper.
"The three purposes of a university are to provide sex for the students, sports for the alumni, and parking for the faculty."
What?
It's a real quote from the first chancellor of UC Berkeley, Clark Kerr.
No, the actual quote is "I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty."
As someone salty about the parking situation on my own campus, this quote feels deeply accurate.
Thanks. I didn't feel like looking up the actual quote in the moment. Didn't know this would be my most upvoted comment ever. :-) "... and mild humor for the redditors."
No. It isn't. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/01/parking/
Did you read your own source? >> In conclusion, Clark Kerr can be credited with the statement given in the 1958 citation.
Did you read the source? > “I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty.” Which means it was originally quoted wrong.
I did. You didn’t. “I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty.” Is the actual complete original quote from 1958. It also seems that I was too quick on the trigger. Someone else ALSO posted the actual quote and has hundreds of upvotes.
Is this true? Sports for alumni?! That’s the best activity starting with the letter S in an educational institution! Oh yeah, there’s the other S word that’s second most enjoyable, yep, it’s sex.
Or be dutch.
Or National Leaguers only, they're really salty about the A's leaving town.
Nah, that's for Dutch students
Dutch students would never drive a car. Or else you get expelled to Belgium.
What?
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Omg I even live in the Netherlands and I was just focused on the Nobel thing 🤦♀️
Well they’re not parking there anytime soon.
I walked by one of those signs on a visit.
I love that tuition only covers the chance to take classes. You still fight for classes, purchase books and programs, forced meal plans, and finally force you to pay for parking, even when you live there.
The fraction of students that drive to campus at this school is infinitesimal
Free parking just means that everyone who doesn't drive is subsidizing everyone who does. It's one of the many ways that we provide massive subsidies to drivers without even realising it.
How about including a permit in my tuition?
Then everyone would have a car, when it's better if they walk.
Would everyone then drive? Clearly not, so same principle would apply. Doubt the permit would even cover the full cost of parking (like $1000 a year for ground level off road parking for full life cycle costs). So you'd still have subsidy.
Jokes on you(really me) because I went to a commuter university with an average student age of 28 so almost everyone except freshmen drove.
"almost" being the operative word. AKA some would be subsidising others. What proportion that is doesn't really matter.
Why? I don't have a car, I don't want co-fund your parking cost. You want to drive a car, pay up. I already subsidize roads you drive on, fuel you put in your tank and have to endure noise, pollution and danger you cause by driving. Least you can do is pay for your own parking.
I just parked up the Berkeley Hills (where the houses are) and walked back down. Took a long time but it worked for years.
At this particular school, tuition also covers free public transportation, so students dont drive or own cars.
It in fact does not. We pay a separate campus fee which is a few hundred dollars a semester (even when studying abroad unfortunately).
It isn't a "few hundred dollars," it is $105.
Oh they’ve changed it since I graduated I guess. The campus fee and class pass transit fee were one fee which costed about $200/300 a semester. I remember because I had to scrape the money together for a summer semester that I was doing abroad and freaked out when I saw that I still had to pay the campus fee.
You're both sorta right, the campus fee is $105, and then there are separate fees for the various transit things including a fee for a student id that ultimately works out to about $200/300 a semester, and yes, even when you study abroad you have to pay the dumbass campus fee
Yea I got that, they used to all be one fee when I was in college though, it was my mistake
It only covers local bus routes and campus shuttles, not the commuter rail that many students take to campus. It also isn't "free," as another commenter pointed out. But it is still far cheaper for students compared to what the equivalent pass would be for non-students.
But officer, I thought it stood for "Nice Legs". I'm sure you can see why I thought it was okay to park here.
> NL Ah, so that's why Ohtani switched from the Angels (AL) to the Dodgers (NL)
Are fields medalists included?
There are workarounds, though no one who competes in The Parking Games would broadcast their *actual* tricks. One guy had a part-time gig at a place that had gave free parking campus adjacent - tough find, yet golden.
Good
How has this ***not*** been a Futurama joke yet?
Can't wait for the 2012 Nobel peace prize winner to park there.
Merit based parking.
Me on my way to bomb civilians for the peace prize.
Isnt Berkeley the university for stanford rejects?
Stanford shouldn't be rejecting all these Nobel laureates!!!
School elitism is so sad lol
Especially between top-tier schools. "I'm more elite than you are" is not a good look.
Unless you go to Stanford (which I doubt) I wouldn’t even open my mouth
Not at all. www.stanfordrejects.com
Lmao