Rogers House to take a new direction
Wedged into a cluster of shrubs and trees at the south wall of University One, the small brick steps that mark the entrance to Rogers House are fairly unassuming in appearance. Most people who don't know what to look for would walk right by.
The house and its residents, however, have garnered a reputation that is far larger than its appearance.
Over the course of the past school year, Rogers House has gained a reputation as a party house and a house over-run with too much testosterone, filled with fraternity boys drinking and smoking marijuana.
While a number of residents do agree that this might have been the case during the first few weeks of school, most say that this is not the case now.
"In all honesty, it's definitely calmed down. In the beginning of the year, it was before classes and everybody was just trying to party because they were all back with their friends. Everyone was just like 'No work, it's still the summer, we got our friends, let's party" and we did it stupidly and got slammed for it. Now everyone has work and responsibilities and it got really quiet pretty quickly actually," sophomore and Rogers House resident Justin Tosti said.
Upon opening the heavy white door that is the front door of the house, a visitor is faced with an almost post-apocalyptic scene of a stack of ragged metal mailboxes, some of their doors ajar, with piles of old papers strewn underneath them and silence. The next door, which has a pink sign taped to it reading, "Balls to the wall," will lead visitors to the main stairwell of the house. An unused cigarette rests on the bannister of the staircase nearby. A number of inkblots from a program the house's RA ran are taped on the walls, along with the usual paraphernalia of anti-drug and drinking posters. One colorful message, written on orange construction paper, seems to sum up the situation of the house:"A polluted pond surrounded by trees", it reads, and it does seem very much what Rogers House is like. Though potentially cozy, the interior of the house is sparsely decorated and has become dirty.
The house and its residents, however, have garnered a reputation that is far larger than its appearance.
Over the course of the past school year, Rogers House has gained a reputation as a party house and a house over-run with too much testosterone, filled with fraternity boys drinking and smoking marijuana.
While a number of residents do agree that this might have been the case during the first few weeks of school, most say that this is not the case now.
"In all honesty, it's definitely calmed down. In the beginning of the year, it was before classes and everybody was just trying to party because they were all back with their friends. Everyone was just like 'No work, it's still the summer, we got our friends, let's party" and we did it stupidly and got slammed for it. Now everyone has work and responsibilities and it got really quiet pretty quickly actually," sophomore and Rogers House resident Justin Tosti said.
Upon opening the heavy white door that is the front door of the house, a visitor is faced with an almost post-apocalyptic scene of a stack of ragged metal mailboxes, some of their doors ajar, with piles of old papers strewn underneath them and silence. The next door, which has a pink sign taped to it reading, "Balls to the wall," will lead visitors to the main stairwell of the house. An unused cigarette rests on the bannister of the staircase nearby. A number of inkblots from a program the house's RA ran are taped on the walls, along with the usual paraphernalia of anti-drug and drinking posters. One colorful message, written on orange construction paper, seems to sum up the situation of the house:"A polluted pond surrounded by trees", it reads, and it does seem very much what Rogers House is like. Though potentially cozy, the interior of the house is sparsely decorated and has become dirty.
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tessa
posted 3/23/10 @ 11:43 PM EST
this is the most boss house in hopkins history. period
Scott
posted 3/24/10 @ 1:55 PM EST
"an apron with an image of a naked man on it graces the kitchen wall."
Michelangelo's David.
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