I knew when I sent my daughter off to college she’d be having a ton of new experiences… some which I would approve of, and some not. But she called me the other day with the news that the night before… a man was arrested on the 8th floor of her residence hall. I say “man” because he wasn’t a student. He was LIVING on the top floor of the residence hall. IN a single room. I’m told he’s been living there a week or so.
WTH? Are you kidding me right now?
After she called me I went online and found only one article about it. Nothing on the local news for that town, nothing in the local newspaper. Only one piddly article in the University paper. In fact, as another parent noted, there is more information provided by an anonymous commenter than in the article itself. It SEEMS that the dude is 25 (yes that’s TWENTY FIVE years old!) Illegally posing as a student and illegally living in the residence hall packed with FRESHMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAY WHAT? No letter to parents… No letter to the students in the hall with details of anything. WOW.
Apparently this guy had been mooching food from paying students and living for free among 18 year old kids. Ughhh. When I think of all the bad things that could have happened it makes me FURIOUS! I know when we visited there the security was tight. You couldn’t get in or out without a signing in. In fact, all these colleges make such a major point to play up how secure their buildings are. Yet this nut was able to not only get into the building but frickin LIVE IN IT? The whole thing is just crazy!
*Update! I talked to the school and it turns out the kids in the hall “felt sorry” for this guy and LET HIM IN, KNOWING he wasn’t a student! OMG. Thankfully the University turned this into a great teaching moment because it certainly could have ended up much worse.
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how did he get in and out…he must have timed it to follow people in…i know our freshman dorms were card coded and if you slipped in with someone they made you show ID….yikes this is scary…
Scary! I know when I was in school people would follow me in all the time. As long as I recognized them I never questioned it. Only a handful of times I would slow up and make them swipe in. However, often times I did the same thing and just followed people in because it was easier than digging out my card. The buildings can only be as safe as the residents in them allow it to be.
Still pretty crazy that he was able to squat there for so long. How on earth does the dorm even have empty rooms?!
Definitely scary.
That is just insane!!! I hate how colleges try to cover up this stuff. Hate it!
Yikes! I’d be furious too. Didn’t anyone notice? The custodial staff? Anyone?
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Hey Sheila, long time no see!! This is shocking, and yes a teachable moment. I plan to snoop around a bit and catch up!!