postscript
after talking w my university, they gave another link so i could download 8.2 directly.
- removed application 8.0
- used CleanMyMac to remove all files
- Installed 8.2.
- Crashed the first time then opened.
- Opened successfully the 2nd time. I closed the library that opened automatically (why does it do that, and how can i stop that from happening, in case it is related to a library?)
- Went to set options. stopped auto sync, sharing - trying to keep it as vanilla as possible.
- Did a couple of restarts.
- Opened Endnote… and now it is back to crashing again.