Residents violate substance-free dorm contract
She added that she mainly signed up for substance-free housing because she thought it would decrease the likelihood that she would end up with an "out-of-control" roommate, and because she is allergic to cigarette smoke.
Fuad Muakkassa, one of Calkins' former floor-mates, said that he believed most people in his class signed up for substance-free housing for the right reasons, but that those reasons may have diminished as the year went on.
"People change as they go through their freshman year, and those who may have opted for substance-free may begin to use substances," Muakkassa wrote in an e-mail to the News-Letter.
One student who opted to sign up for the housing plan himself said that he was surprised when he came back to his room to find two little balls of weed on a piece of tinfoil on his dresser.
"I was like, 'What? That came out of nowhere!' I didn't know what to do, so I just chucked it," he said.
The student said that he did not feel like it was necessary to contact his RA.
Looking back, Calkins said that she did not notice the difference between substance-free housing and the other dorms until she talked to other students about their freshman year experiences.
"At the time [that I lived there], it seemed like there was really no difference between the substance-free and non-substance-free dorms with regard to students' usage or the RA's enforcement of policies," she said.
"But when I talked to other students about their housing experiences, our dorm tended to have less substance usage and be calmer on the weekends," she said.
Residential Life has already decided that they will offer substance-free housing next year to incoming freshmen, and that these students will be housed in Vincent House once again.
According to Fickau, the contract will remain the same.
Guo said that he has not really been affected by his floor-mates' decisions to use alcohol and drugs, and that he feels there is a lower level of abuse than there is in other dorms.
"[Substance-free housing] is effective to an extent, for those who choose to follow it. There's nothing stopping anybody from doing whatever they want, we're in college," he said.
Fuad Muakkassa, one of Calkins' former floor-mates, said that he believed most people in his class signed up for substance-free housing for the right reasons, but that those reasons may have diminished as the year went on.
"People change as they go through their freshman year, and those who may have opted for substance-free may begin to use substances," Muakkassa wrote in an e-mail to the News-Letter.
One student who opted to sign up for the housing plan himself said that he was surprised when he came back to his room to find two little balls of weed on a piece of tinfoil on his dresser.
"I was like, 'What? That came out of nowhere!' I didn't know what to do, so I just chucked it," he said.
The student said that he did not feel like it was necessary to contact his RA.
Looking back, Calkins said that she did not notice the difference between substance-free housing and the other dorms until she talked to other students about their freshman year experiences.
"At the time [that I lived there], it seemed like there was really no difference between the substance-free and non-substance-free dorms with regard to students' usage or the RA's enforcement of policies," she said.
"But when I talked to other students about their housing experiences, our dorm tended to have less substance usage and be calmer on the weekends," she said.
Residential Life has already decided that they will offer substance-free housing next year to incoming freshmen, and that these students will be housed in Vincent House once again.
According to Fickau, the contract will remain the same.
Guo said that he has not really been affected by his floor-mates' decisions to use alcohol and drugs, and that he feels there is a lower level of abuse than there is in other dorms.
"[Substance-free housing] is effective to an extent, for those who choose to follow it. There's nothing stopping anybody from doing whatever they want, we're in college," he said.
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