This is gonna be long, but the story is worth it if you ask me.
About 5 years ago I was a Junior and serving as the President of my largish University’s Engineering Club. “Working for” me were about 2 dozen students, all there ostensibly to obtain Letters of Recommendation, but really to enjoy a social life with like minded folks. Our job was really just to run events, recruit, advocate on behalf of students, and, for the higher level members and myself, to run the Engineering Lounge. The fun part of this lounge was that it had been specifically requested by an alum nearly 50 years prior when making a large donation to fund the building it occupied the top floor of. As such, it was funded by an endowment and the Engineering Club Executives (myself and 2 Vice Presidents) who were elected by our peers, were the managers of the Lounge, and had keys to it that worked at any hour whereas the general Engineering students had access from 6am until 10pm. The only times there were any staff in were the cleaning crew in the mornings to change the garbage, and the security guards that did a sweep at 10pm to kick everyone out. The Lounge had rows of desks to study at, a small kitchen area, an executive office smaller than any dorm room, a few storage rooms that only we had keys to, and a recreation area that included some couches, pool table, ping pong, etc.