It came as no surprise when Jasper Hall residents added a frat boy touch to their Halloween festivities.
A group of boys on the second floor main hallway (“J2”) could have been mistaken for a pep rally last Friday night. What began as a hushed conversation took a turn around 12:00 am Saturday morning with loud chatting and even louder music.
RA Valbona, who resides on the floor above, oftentimes hears music and guitar playing from below. When asked if the noise distracts her, her eye brows arched as if this was a familiar issue and said, “Yeah, it definitely does.”
The iPod was well charged as the boys’ playlist echoed throughout the dormitory into the early morning. Although fellow neighbors on the second were not disturbed by the music, the girls residing on the floor above were not exactly pleased with the punk rock resonating into their bedrooms.
“I try to ignore,” Valbona further said. Although she was not in Jasper Hall Friday night, she has made several trips downstairs asking them to lower the music in the past.
Roughly around 1:30-2:00 am, the boys decided to take a trip down memory lane while playing wanna-be heavy metal bands such as Chevelle, although the band’s HeadBanger’s Ball days have been over since 2003. That was the breaking point for a third floor resident who was wrapped up in her watermelon colored sheets, becoming more and more disgruntled with every chord she heard.
Roughly around 3:00 am, RA Dolores intervened with findings that were unexpected.
“They were just listening to music and watching TV, which is kind of counterproductive,” RA Dolores said jokingly. The loud party only consisted of five boys in a disheveled room surrounding the TV, chatting (loudly) and enjoying each other’s company. What appeared to be a wild rave was simply a misunderstanding.
“They were polite,” Dolores said, “They said they’d turn in it off. I think they didn’t realize how loud they were being.”
The biggest surprise of all?
“They weren’t drinking,” Dolores said.
Although several trips were made to “J2,” the boys were unavailable to comment.
Even though Jasper residents appeared to be partying harder than they actually were, one student, whose name could not be revealed, partied her way into the hospital because of alcohol consumption, according to Dolores.
“This weekend was a little crazy,” she said, relieved that it was coming to an end. “There was a lot of partying.” She seemed unfazed by the demanding responsibilities RA face on weekends such as these. She simply sat in the library, wrapped up in her oversized sweater surrounded by textbooks.
Dolores explained that the student entered East Hill Saturday night intoxicated and unable to compose herself. She had not eaten that day, but drank far more than her body could handle. Since she was under the legal drinking age, the RAs needed to take action.
“If you’re under 21 and intoxicated you have to go to the hospital,” Dolores said, “It’s just a liability thing.”
Due to the resident’s privacy, further information on the emergency could not be revealed.
While loud music and an even louder TV can seem inconvenient and even problematic, the mix of the two certainly cannot compare to this East Hill resident’s Halloween weekend. Chevelle is not so bad after all.
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