Following the construction of the impassable Campus Drive Wall, many students are wondering how exactly to make it to class on time. Fear not! We at the Hare have spent minutes laboriously coming up with a list of 5 easy ways to successfully navigate campus construction:

1. Go through the Catacombs

Everyone knows and loves the famous University of Maryland Catacombs, where the skeletons of hundreds of students unlucky enough to miss out on housing now lay for all eternity, but did you know that it connects North Campus to South Campus? It’s true! Jump in an entrance and follow the torches, and you’ll pop out on the other side in no time. Just watch out for re-animated skeletons wielding medieval swords.

2. Use stilts

The simplest solution is sometimes the best one, and that applies here. What’s the easiest way to move long distances walking? Simply take giant steps! By attaching 4-6 yard long stilts to your feet, you can easily walk over construction in a single step. (Spring shoes, pogo sticks, and taping wings to your arms also work for this method.)

3. Ender Pearl over

This one is for all you gamers out there. Pioneers like DanTDM, SkyDoesMinecraft, and StampyLongHead figured this exploit out years ago, and you can follow in their footsteps. Simply kill one of the numerous Endermen wandering around Hagerstown Hall and harvest the sea-green pearls they drop after death. When you get to construction, simply chuck the pearl over, and poof! You’re on the other side. (Fun fact: Opening a Nether Portal to pass through the construction would also work, though you run the risk of summoning an army of zombie pigmen that could overrun campus.)

4. Construct a sidewalk over the construction

Who said those pesky workers could have a monopoly over construction? Put on your hard hat and get your quick-drying cement ready because it’s time to build! A quick distraction of the construction workers (throwing a Y meatball sub somewhere nearby should draw them away), and you can build your very own sidewalk that allows you to cross the mud pits and live wires. If the construction workers decide to destroy it after, just build a new one! (Tip: If this cycle of construction and destruction becomes a problem, simply build the sidewalk in mid-air a la Bugs Bunny.)

5. Just stay on North Campus forever

Why even bother with any of these at all? North Campus offers a variety of activities to keep you entertained for the rest of your life. Why even bother leaving? Only take classes on your side of the Great Wall, abandon your friends and family on the other side, and you won’t ever have to worry about construction ever again! That is until the university inevitably decides to make a new niche-biology building and dynamites La Plata, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Image Credits: Joseph Kleinman