Destruction running rampant in dorms

Dixon House, the Cabrini Apartment Complex and Xavier Hall are the most heavily damaged buildings so far this year. The damages range from petty trash in the hallways to broken windows, chairs and railings and serious fires.

by Megan Zustra copy editor

Misplaced feces and laundry room fires are among the forms of residence hall destruction that have occurred during the present school year.

When students submit their $250 housing deposit at the beginning of the semester, they rarely think of how much will be returned to them a year later.

According to senior Gavin Mirigliani, one of the resident assistants in the Dixon House, also known as house two, great amounts of destruction have been enacted on the building this year.

Two broken chairs have resulted from students jumping over the railing on the upper floor and onto the chairs on the first floor below.

Other broken items in house two include a kicked-in railings in the back stairwell.

The bottom pane of glass on the door at the back entrance to the house was also broken earlier in the year. appropriate places.

Mirigliani also cited three other incidents that were deemed damage to the house and will result in lower housing deposit returns for the residents of the house.

The first incident, which occurred about a month ago, was in the stairwell that leads out to Maguire House, or house one, and the second, which occurred just this past weekend, was in a shower stall on the first floor.

Junior Steve Pyle, a Dixon House resident, commented on the situations mentioned.

"I think people should take responsibility for their actions so the rest of us don't have to pay." he said. "It's a crying shame."

The Cabrini Apartment Complex, which is only three semesters old, has also been a major target for destruction.

The window in the front stairwell between the first and second floors was broken earlier in the year. It has since been fixed, but the screen is now bent.

Other destruction to the building includes stolen lounge furniture-all of which has since been returned-and a stain on the third floor hallway carpet during spring break.

Xavier Hall is the only other building with significant damages. Four fires have been reported, the most recent occurring this past weekend.

Trash cans were found overturned in a bathroom on the second floor.

The trash was mostly in the shower, as well as in the remainder of the bathroom.

Also, on two separate occasions, feces has been found in in-

Weekends have proven to be destructive for the building, as students and others leave remnants of beer bottles, cans, cigarette butts and other trash in the common areas of the building.

Also, according to many residents, a false fire alarm is almost guaranteed on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night.

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