Code 2319: Housing Health Inspections

BY ALEXA CHERRY
For the UAS Whalesong
Before you ask, my title is in reference to the film Monsters Inc., specifically, from a scene where a monster returns from the humans’ world but has been “contaminated” by a sock, so he’s promptly tackled by monsters in biohazard suits shouting about a “Code 2319.” I thought that the title and scene were at least remotely applicable when discussing the topic at hand, which is the new Health and Safety Inspections that are soon to be enacted by Residence Life.
I’ve heard friends and classmates express alarm and confusion over these inspections, so I thought I would write an informative article clarifying what they are and how they will affect students living on campus housing. You probably got a brightly colored sheet of paper telling you what a Health and Safety Inspection is and why it’s happening – but in case you lost it, or didn’t read it, I am here to remind you. Continue reading “Code 2319: Housing Health Inspections”

UASWhalesongOctober 22, 2015January 29, 2016Leave a comment

Campus Life, Features

Naming the Freshman Residence Hall

BY ALEXA CHERRY
For the UAS Whalesong
I was not originally planning to attend the official naming ceremony of the John R. Pugh Residence Hall. But in a twist of fate, the class that I had thought was going to take significantly longer than planned (we were supposed to watch Gladiator) ended up going in a different direction, and taking only an hour and a half instead of the originally slated 2+ hours I had anticipated. So afterwards, I tromped up the parking lot towards the new residence hall, resenting the amount of rain that was falling and having no idea of what to expect when I got inside. Continue reading “Naming the Freshman Residence Hall”

UASWhalesongSeptember 28, 2015January 29, 2016Leave a comment

Opinion

Attack on Thumbtacks

BY LEXI CHERRY
For the UAS Whalesong
Many of you may be aware that there has been a recent change in housing rules and regulations, about which housing residents were summoned to a mandatory meeting a few weeks ago. The changes discussed were mostly little things – a reference to the new smoke-free status of campus and housing, a brief reminder not to drink in under-21 apartments, a plea for students to refrain from doing drugs and partaking of other illegal substances, and intimations that shouting profanities from the windows of your domicile would be frowned upon. But one of the new changes was met with immediate murmurs of dissent – the use of thumbtacks, for reasons at the time unknown (but which I will explain later in this article), is now forbidden. Continue reading “Attack on Thumbtacks”