First year student Ben Ferst has opened up about his new life in one of the revolving doors of the Menzies Building at Clayton Campus.

“It all started when I was rushing for my lecture, the revolving doors were quite slow and were not up to my speed so I pushed them as hard as possible.”

When asked about the DO NOT PUSH signs on the doors, Ben stated he thought it was propaganda material by the university to go green and reduce the doors’ electricity usage.

“On the third day I was disappointed that none of my family members have reached out to find and help me, but now my focus is on continually pushing these doors so that they may work again. It’s what Sir John Monash would have done.”

However, Ben’s situation has made him adapt to life as a university student quicker than his fellow first year students. After 4 days of being stuck in the doors, he no longer has resources to feed himself and is currently behind on all of his classes.

When asked about what he has learned from this experience, Ben insisted that next time he will “push harder.”