The Scott Shocker
Liv Carignan
Contributing Writer
The third floor of Scott North is a raw expose on revealing the truths of college students life, with urine-coated toilet seats, the recurrent noise, smell complaints, and the constant stealing of random public objects such as the floor broom, the knob on one of the sinks, the fire extinguisher, a pumpkin in front of a dorm room, among others. Cleanliness in the dorms is a curious thought, where students are in the transition point of young adult life into adulthood.
“I think this hall is very young. There are many freshmen who have never lived away from home. A lot of people just lack respect or were never taught how to clean up after themselves,” Scott North Hall CA Mackenzie Golder said. “I think the only thing that can really be done is to have floor meetings and to go over what people see as a problem and how we all think we can improve. We all live together and have to agree on things and make rules that will help everyone enjoy living here.”
Sophomore Hannah Littlefield said she feels as if the people who are causing problems aren’t attending the meetings in order to solve them:
“I honestly don’t know how else this floor can improve if these people continue to refuse to come to the meetings.”
The Scott North Hall bathrooms are a problem as well, where residents seem not to understand how to flush a toilet or take their belongings back to their dorms. One anonymous resident stated that “the janitors don’t clean the bathrooms very well, as the hair dye I used as a freshman is still on the ceiling, and I am now a junior, so they haven’t cleaned the ceiling in three years.”
Littlefield says she is disgusted by these acts:
“It’s as if these people are still expecting their moms to come hold their hands and clean up after them.”
Littlefield and her roommate Iris Bertolami have been living in Scott North floor for two years, and states that this has remained a problem since they first arrived here, although they both admit it has gotten worse this year.
