Earlier this month, at 6:45 a.m. freshman Emily Ramey walked out of the second east wing of Honors Hall dormitory to head down to the first-floor fitness center for her usual morning workout. As she entered the second-floor plaza, something seemed off.
“At first, I didn’t notice it, but the TV was on full blast and I looked around to see everything flipped," Ramey said.
The tables, benches, chairs and ottomans of the plaza had all been turned upside down. As many other students who eventually saw the abnormality, Ramey first thought the change was possibly made for cleaning, but also considered another option that was later confirmed as truth: the second-floor plaza, first-floor classroom and Honors Hall had been subject to a prank.
As stated in an email sent to all residents of the dormitory following the instance, the prank occurred between 2 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. that morning. Such a situation was not new to the dormitory, as past incidences caused the furniture to be found in elevators, and even burned.
Although possibly seen as comical, such actions are taken seriously, as the dorm represents the university and tours do occur there on some class days.
Due to this, the furniture was expected to be returned to its original state by 9 a.m. the next morning, or else all residents of the building could be billed a fee to pay for the cost of staff to fix the furniture, which is an inconvenience from their busy schedules.
Some innocent students considered cleaning up this act for fear of being charged for something they weren’t responsible for.
Fortunately, the furniture was found normal within the next part of the day. Although the billing may have seemed like a drastic measure, Ramey understood the severity of the situation.
“You would expect more out of Honors.”
