Post-Fling garbage plagues Quad halls

For those who did not venture inside the Quadrangle buildings, the grounds did not look any different than usual yesterday afternoon. But the hallways and bathrooms revealed a different story. Beer cans, bottles, food and unknown substances decorated the common areas outside students' rooms -- the remnants of Spring Fling activities. "It's beautiful outside but inside, it's totally disgusting," said College freshman Colleen Walsh, noting that someone emptied garbage under the sinks in her bathroom. "It's pretty nasty but I suppose it could be worse -- somehow," she said. Many students were disgusted by their new living conditions and the behavior of their peers. "It's pretty sad that everyone is so dirty, filthy and animal-like that they have to throw up on the floor, break glass and leave mystery puddles of stuff on the group," Engineering freshman Mahesh Swaminathan said. "You would think that no one would like to live in their own filth or others'." And two Quad residents were so unhappy with the mess that they decided to clean it themselves. "When I walked outside my room this morning, I didn't feel like walking in left-over Chinese food, so I grabbed a broom and started sweeping," College freshman Jarred Sherman said. "One of the strangest things I found outside my room was a radish or a turnip," Sherman added. Wharton freshman and first floor Class of 1928 resident Adele Neumann was upset with new hallmates she found yesterday morning. "We have a bunch of new post Fling residents -- roaches," she said. "Thank goodness we only have to be here for another 3 weeks." Other students said the filth that plagued their bathrooms kept them from using them at all. "It's a shithole. There's puke all over the bathroom," said College freshman Tejas Patel, who added that he refused to shower because of the smell of vomit and beer that still filled his bathroom yesterday. And College freshman Noah Bilenker said he was shocked that one of the bathrooms in Butcher basement was actually working. But Wharton junior and Quad Resident Advisor Jon Brightbill said he felt the damage was less severe than last year. He attributed the improvement to the presence of Pennsylvania Liquor Enforcement and Control Bureau officers. But several students felt the LCE added to residential damage, since students drank in their rooms to avoid potential citations. "People had to drink inside the residences cause they couldn't drink outside, so there was more damage," College freshman Katrina Borisjuk said. And Bilenker said one of the wildest parties he saw was a weekend-long festival in a room on his hallway. College junior and Butcher RA Damon Clemow said he was glad everyone had a good time, but noted that it was "unfortunate that it's at the expense of our living conditions." "I think it's not the most sanitary or aesthetically pleasing sight, but one weekend a year, it's college people having fun," he said. "It's too bad it looks like this, but what can you do?"