CONSIDER the cadences of daily life that result from something as prosaic as a course schedule. This boring bit of housekeeping establishes a campus’s circadian rhythms, its bursts of activity and its lulls. It is the master calendar that dictates when plazas fill and when they empty.
And consider Friday. Most colleges and universities offer fewer classes on Friday, and while freshmen and sophomores might have to take required classes, juniors and seniors can easily schedule their way around the day.