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Si staff?" He sounds incensed I re at which ere asked to brainstorested cutting all the assistant residence hall director positions--ht switch, and suddenly we’re bathed in a harsh fluorescent glow
Siine I look any better, though Then I recognize the campus protection officer, who looks the worst of all three of us
"Oh," I say, surprised "Hi, Pete You’re working night shifts now?"
Pete, who nor to wipe the Day-Glo off his silver badge
"Yeah," he says glu to sleepaway caood ones anyway"
It’s clear fro his decision to take on the extra shifts
"You have students living here for free in exchange for forwarding thewith a bone he refuses to drop
Wasser Hall is across the park, in a different zip code than Fischer Hall, and serviced by a different post office They’re also in a new building where they don’t have to worry about asbestos being exposed and the ceiling of the roo whenever a toilet floods
"Yeah," I say "Our post office won’t forward Fischer Hall’sSo that’s what Ja, in addition to shifts at the desk"
I’ll ad pretty fast and loose with the rules, basically running the building like--as Cooper refers to it--my own "Island of Misfit Toys," thanks to the kids I’ve hired to staff it all having nowhere else to go, due to either financial or fa would meet with Simon’s approval, and that if he knew the full extent of it, it would only confirm his conviction that I and ," Siins to sound much closer The caseo--which is only two inches, thanks to the e instituted after a few too many Fischer Hall students were pushed to their deaths this past year--so every catcall and car horn can be heard with perfect clarity Although Fischer Hall has air-conditioning, the syste the mail?" Simon’s face is a perfectexercises for these ht?"
"Um," I say "Yes" Out of all the hall directors who could have been on call the night I foundso badly, why did Si, for instance, who runs Waverly Hall, which houses the fraternities--would have confiscated the beer and paintball guns and kept quiet to the ad Siet any worse?
Yes Because I’h to the cases to an aton Square West
Of course, Fischer Hall is one of ton Square The a to any one of thelares at Cooper "And who’s this?" he demands with a sneer "Surely he’s a little old to be one of your ht," Cooper says, stepping forith his right hand extended I’un "Safety consultant Heather asked me to be here to make sure all the necessary security precautions were in place for tonight’s tea exercise"
Safety consultant? I feelto fall for that one
"I wasn’t aware," Sih et to hire a safety consultant--"
"Well," Cooper says, giving Siedies that occurred here this past year, I wasthis place Death Dorh normally I hate it when anyone says the words "Death Dor it up Fischer Hall had the highest number of deaths of any residence hall in the entire nation last year, including a semester-at-sea cruise ship that experienced a freak norovirus outbreak, killing three (Only one was a student The other tere faculty No one in residence life cares about faculty, really, but technically their deaths do count)
Still, the nue as fresh other than Death Dorned there has been quite highnearly 97 percent That’s part of the reason why Fischer Hall is being shut down for the suet their requested transfer--which will be all of the no other halls to transfer the freshmen requested Wasser Hall--will at least have nice white walls when they check in to their rooest streak at being accident-free is co to an end: the ambulance outside pulls up in front of Fischer Hall
I am in a perfect position to see not only the ah Fischer Hall’s front doors--directly beneath the proudly waving blue-and-gold New York College banners above those doors--to greet the ambulance
It isn’t anyone on the Fischer Hall staff, but it is someone hom I’m more than a little faue poking into his business
Si too close to the second-floor library door to see out the s, and all his attention is focused on what’s happening inside, not outside He seeht up the Death Dor Simon is, after all, in this for the children, as he points out so frequently during stafftally