Read James Howard Kunstler, “The Public Realm and the Common Good,” a chapter in his 1996 book, Home from Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century. Kunstler is a severe critic of the American landscape, particularly suburban sprawl, but more than his criticism I’m interested in his method of analysis, in his assertion that buildings “impart very clear messages to individuals” (39). What implicit message does your campus location impart to students—or perhaps to professors or general public?