<p>Collegefreshie-
Ya, it’s a college, I’d suggest earplugs, a sleeping pill, or a couple shots of scotch. Three is later than I can ever remember being kept up until; you might try coming out of your room with a baseball bat and seeing if they don’t find another bathroom to be loud in, or you could ask politely, though I really don’t see the fun in that. (The baseball bat thing was a joke, although if someone was keeping me up until three, I’d be very tempted)</p>
<p>Sounds a little crazy, but fairly plausible… frosh are prone to drinking too hard for sure. I would maybe call security on them at 3am (not like 1am though) if they do this often, if nothing else they might need someone else to check on them beyond their drunken friends.</p>
<p>I’m absolutely NOT commenting on drinking/puking/partying…I am going to say that the post from collegefreshie was written on 9/27 - a Sunday. That means he/she was woken up on a weekend. It would be totally different if it were a weeknight (in my opinion.)</p>
<p>Also not saying it’s polite or right or considerate. But this is college, this is a freshman dorm, and I think that this type of thing might be expected - especially when they are all adjusting to the freedom of college life and pushing the envelope. I’m hoping things get better for collegefreshie 'cause he/she really does NOT seem like a very happy camper up to this point.</p>
<p>I’ll comment on it…
drinking/puking/partying = ok / learn your limit dude! / can I join?
I believe what collegefreshie said, and it sucks, but on a Saturday night it’s the sort of thing that can happen. I’ll admit to partying too hard sometimes myself. I think generally people are respectful, and if you asked them to quiet down, and it was three in the am, they would be likely to oblige. I was next to a bathroom my freshman year, and I can’t remember the noise being bad at all, but maybe the walls in my dorm were thicker. Anyway, the scariest thing that ever happened to me was when some kid came into my room at about three thinking he was walking into the bathroom (my roommate and I never locked our doors, and certainly not when we were in the room). Thankfully, he realized that he wasn’t in the bathroom before he needed to empty his bladder.</p>
<p>Wow, I just read over the last string of posts. Funny how bad we can make the drinking thing sound, especially my suggesting some scotch as the solution, guess I was in a joking mood when I wrote that. I just figured I’d say that the whole issue of drinking and partying at colleges was a much bigger issue when I was looking at colleges than it is now that I’m at college. A couple stories can make the nicest places sound awful. People drink, but usually, and by usually I mean for the majority of students, its a weekend night party and they’re having a few drinks. Especially as the years go on, I think people come to understand the line between acceptable and “not cool.” While most college kids have an experience or two where they drink too much, it’s not like most Kenyon students just get-insert favorite word for being way too drunk-every weekend.</p>
<p>The website said that all first year housing is smoke- and alcohol-free. Does this just mean that you can’t smoke/drink IN the first year housing, but you can outside of it (and then come back drunk)?</p>
<p>Yes, you cannot smoke in any college building; however, you can smoke outside. Also, alcohol is not allowed in any freshman dorm, whether or not you are 21. However, if you go out somewhere to drink and come back to your room drunk, that is your own business.</p>
<p>ah, okay. I guess the problem still remains, then… I knew it was too easy, haha. thanks for clarifying.</p>
<p>wellness housing = living with a bunch of underclassmen who agree to, you know, live well</p>