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In a previous life, I did communications and marketing for colleges and universities, and I became familiar with the phrase “town and gown,” the relationship between residents of a town and the students and faculty of a university located in that town.
Town and gown relations can be tough. The local citizens don’t want loud, rowdy college kids on their lawns and may believe that universities put a strain on their local resources…