Pestering House 2

JILLIANMILAM FEATURESEDITOR JGM726@CABRINI EDU

I don’t know if it’s that time of year, but it seems as if every kind of wildlife is somehow living in House 2 at Cabrini College. From ants, to mice, to spiders we have seen it all and my eyes have seen enough.

At 3:30 a.m. I wake up to strange noises coming from below my bunk bed. Alone and weary, I manage to turn my light on and check out what was causing the commotion. I rub my eyes and take a look. Low and behold, it’s a mouse. Amouse stuck in the gluey mousetrap device my roommate set out two days beforehand. As the mouse twists, turns, flips and flops trying to break loose, I become utterly grossed-out and immediately reach for my phone. I apologize to Public Safety for calling at such an odd hour and ask for help escorting Mr. Mouse outside of the building. As the Public Safety officer recognizes that the mouse does not look like a regular mouse due to its color, he comes to the conclusion that it might be a pet.

Wonderful, and keep in mind, we captured a mouse the day before and set it loose outside. Did the same mouse get back inside, is it a daughter of the first mouse or is it a completely different entity? Who knows? If it is a pet, I would suggest that the owner keep the mice away because when it gets snapped in