Respect his authoritah? Nah! Here's how UC Berkeley chancellor's dealing with protesters

Not the Onion? https://t.co/Fq1Knw8TUg

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) August 10, 2016

The Onion? No, but you’re close … it’s UC Berkeley:

https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/763465573724401664

More from July 29 edition of UC Berkeley’s Daily Californian, via BoingBoing:

The door, which cost $9,000, is located outside a short hallway between [Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’] conference room and his office in California Hall.

Campus spokesperson Claire Holmes said in an email that the exit in California Hall was installed as a security measure to “provide egress to leave the building.”

Construction of the door was requested about a year ago in response to a protest in April 2015 when protesters stormed the chancellor’s suite.

Because what better way to make sure students respect your authority than to install an escape hatch so you can run away?

https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/763466031956303872

FYI, Chancellor Dirks:

A pile of academic expulsion notices should have been just as effective. Just sayin…

— Frank Altschuler (@Tuneburg) August 10, 2016