Woodcrest residents complain about soliciting

by Chris Vesci

assistant copy editor

Cabrini's all female residence hall was the scene of rampant soliciting throughout the month of February. Residents said that salespeople walked the halls unescorted and knocked on their doors, often entering the rooms.

"I just got out of the shower, and I was in my room in a bathrobe," recalled Katherine Dewey, a firstyear student. Then, there was a knock on the door of her third floor room. She opened it and found a man who appeared, "ready to come in." Dewey said she told the man, who was trying to sign up people for credit cards, that guests are not allowed in Woodcrest until noon. He then, according to Dewy, continued down the hall knocking on doors.

Becky Fox, a sophomore living on the second floor of Woodcrest, told of a similar experience. A man knocked on the door and Fox answered. She said that he "stood in the doorway and started to walk in." She added, ''That's a bad situation." Fox got rid of the salesman by saying she was on her way out. She also said that he was trying to sign people up for credit cards. "They were walking around Woodcrest aimlessly for like two days."

Nicole Davidson, a first-year student who lives on the first floor, said she was bothered by a differ- ent type of salesperson. This one was selling Girl Scout cookies. "I was in my room with the door slightly open and a lady pushed it open and knocked at the same time." The woman asked Davidson to buy cookies and Davidson declined. Then, Davidson went across the hall and told Woodcrest's resident director, Megan Gay. "I don't appreciate being barged in on," Davidson said.

Gay said that the woman selling cookies had a small child and after talking to them she allowed them to continue trying to sell the cookies. However, Gay did not know about the credit card salesman.