Public Space on Campus

The CSUSB campus is wide and full of potential for the public sphere and yet it seems to lack this aspect. The open spaces of grass offer an enormous amount of room for socializing but it is bare of seats or benches and the trees only shade small areas. The area in front of the library would be a great place to permit local bands to play or amateur theater performances to take place. The only things that take up this space presently however, are the soroity cliques and small shops where people from off campus sell their wares. Spectacle could play a tremendous role in making the campus a public sphere. It is a found space for actors and a great place to bring people together if there was more involvment of students and what they find enjoyable.