URI Routing Questions/Possibilities

[eluser]RellimTtocs80[/eluser]
After trying some different things, I have found that adding the route within config/routes.php as

Code:

$route['(:any)/(:any)'] = "campus/departments/$1/$2";

will allow you to still use other controllers that exist. May be it has something to do with the .htaccess file that I have the following in

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /ci/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]

where if the file is a valid file, there will be no rerouting/rewriting