Legacy

Drunkenness. Debauchery. Public nudity. Near-death experiences. Legacy has compiled as many bizarre, hilarious and unbelievable dorm stories we could fit that will make you think, “That really happened? Where?!”

FISH FIRE

Being homesick can lead to irrational actions. And irrational would be the perfect word to describe Chastity Johnson and two friends deciding to make a home-cooked meal complete with fried fish all in the small two-burner kitchenette of their dorm.

“Everything was going good at first,” Johnson recalled. That is, until the fish grease got too hot. “The fog in the room was so thick you could cut it with a knife!”

After the fire alarm went off throughout the entire dorm hall, Johnson and a friend grabbed the cooked fish and the pot of hot grease and ran to hide in a bathroom. While in hiding, the two heard the fire inspectors going in and out of the halls trying to figure out what went wrong. “Luckily, we didn’t get caught,” Johnson said. Thanks to the cookout queens, the kitchenette on their floor was locked up for the remainder of the semester.

Chastity Johnson, public relations senior

Highland Hall, 2005

SHOWER SURPRISE

The community shower — a dreaded component of many on-campus horror stories. If the thought of public bathing weren’t appalling enough, there is nothing like feminine hygiene products to greet you as you step into your morning shower. Junior Sherrin Perkins remembered the days when “some nasty little girl would [always] leave her used tampon just laying there in the shower stall.” Well, if that won’t wake you up, then what will?

Sherrin Perkins, journalism junior

West Laville, 2006

TRAPPED IN THE ELEVATOR

Small elevators, large groups and the wee hours of the morning sound like a potential recipe for a dorm disaster. On a late-night/early-morning excursion to the Quad to play hide and seek, six friends found themselves stuck in an elevator in Highland Hall.

“Two of my friends thought it would be hilarious to make the elevator stop by jumping up and down,” John Weathers remembered. Only this night, the elevator didn’t start back up. Everyone panicked; no one’s cell phone was getting service in the confined space. After a few strategic rotations, Weathers was the first of the group to obtain a bar of reception and he called a friend for help.

After two hours of breathing in tight, shared air and taking turns sitting, the group was rescued. “They told us that the elevator repairman had to be called out of his sleep at home to come to campus.” After being freed, they celebrated by playing that long-awaited game of hide-and-seek, then taking the stairs back up to their rooms.

John Weathers, biology senior

Highland Hall 2006

FACEBOOK MUGSHOTS

It’s the last week of summer school, nighttime, and you’re finished with finals. What better way to celebrate than a smoke with your friends? Unless you were smoking illegal drugs outside of a dorm hall. And then an RA approached and threatened to call the police. That was when Andre Jackson decided to flee the scene, along with a friend. They made it safely to their dorm room to hide.

“People were calling us telling us to stay where we were because the police were looking for us,” Jackson said. At three or four in the morning, about three hours into their hideout, the LSUPD knocked on their door. Jackson and his friend were asked to step into the hall where the police read them their rights. That’s when the LSUPD pulled out their evidence against the guys.

“These boys pulled out Facebook pictures of us! Like, printed off of the computer and everything,” Jackson remembered. The students with whom Jackson and his friend were smoking had identified them as the two who had fled the scene. The police searched the room but found nothing. Jackson wasn’t arrested, but he and his friend did receive disciplinary action from Residential Life.

Andre Jackson, sociology senior

East Laville, 2005

FIGHT OR FLIGHT

Living on campus involves many routine annoyances in which students are required to participate. Prime example: fire drills. But for Lola Wyatt and her roommate, a fire drill didn’t interrupt their daily activities. “We would never evacuate our room for fire drills because we thought they were dumb,” Wyatt said.

One particular night while watching television and ignoring yet another fire alarm, the two noticed the abnormal length of the drill. Shortly thereafter, their room began to fill with smoke. But instead of the fear of looming fire motivating them to leave, they stayed in their room to concoct an excuse for officials about why they failed to evacuate in the first place. “The only thing that my roommate could come up with was that she was blow drying her hair and we couldn’t hear it.” After RAs noticed the two were missing outside, fire officials came to their door knocking and yelling for them to come out if they were able to. They were then escorted downstairs through the smoke-filled hallways by what Wyatt called “big fire fighter men.” Everyone outside assumed they had been rescued. “It was kind of funny,” Wyatt admitted.

Lola Wyatt, public relations senior

Taylor Hall 2007

SLIP AND SLIDE

Falling down in the hallway of your all-girl dorm building could be embarrassing. Falling in the hallway of your all-girl dorm building while a male witnesses the event could be undoubtedly humiliating. But imagine the embarrassment of Brittany Zibilich when she fell in the hallway of her all-girl dorm building while a male watched and she was naked.

“My residence hall decided to strip the wax off of the floor one day and didn’t tell anyone,” she said. After taking a shower and walking out into the hallway, her feet slipped and she plummeted to the floor. “My robe went flying and everything,” Zibilich said. After complaining to Residential Life about her fall and the lack of warning given about the re-waxing of the floors, Zibilich was told that the incident was her own fault. “I can laugh about it now,” Zibilich said.

Brittany Zibilich, psychology senior

Evangeline, 2005

BEER IN THE BATHROOM

Underage drinking is strictly prohibited in dorm bedrooms and even more prohibited in dorm bathrooms. On a night of boredom, Matthew Butcher and some friends decided it would be entertaining to take two desks out of the bedrooms and move them into the floor bathroom. They then used the tables to play a game of beer pong, not knowing the head of the business residential college was in earshot right down the hall. By the time the boys got busted, they were “all pretty drunk and wasted,” Butcher recalled. As punishment, Butcher was sent to the residential life judicial board, put on probation and had to attend an alcohol and drug abuse class. “I still don’t know if I can stay on campus or not,” Butcher said.

Matthew Butcher, business sophomore

Graham Hall, 2008