As a resident of Nicolson 7, I am overtaken with sadness at the recent news that our building is actually laying in isolation. I had previously believed that it was only the Nicolson program houses that were unable to be entered by those not inhabiting the particular house, with the exception of guests. I was shocked to learn, from the article about my building’s chalking incident, that I am living in another such isolated area.
How on earth have I been visiting friends in other areas of the Nics without leaving the building and walking around? Does this mean we’re technically cut off from the only laundry facility in the Nics that was still available to non-specialty-housing students? Has our access to these areas thus far in the year been some awful fluke? Am I being told that not only are we isolated, but we must also decide between wearing filthy clothing and passing through force fields between the buildings that have somehow gone ignored for the past two months?
And then, if what Ms. Koerting claimed is true, that only Nic7 residents have access to Nic7, are we to believe that the shampoo thief that struck in our building is actually a different shampoo thief than the one that struck in Nic6? And, then there was a third thief in Nic5½! Are there really copycat shampoo thieves on the loose, receiving word about one another via carrier pigeons that can magically pass through the inter-Nic force fields without suffering a scratch?
Or, could it just be possible that all of the Nics have access to one another, and that it’s outrageous to claim that we do not mingle with our complex-mates? I’m inclined to consider the latter the most plausible.
So, please, when you’re sneaking through invisible lines to visit a friend who lives on the other side of a vestibule, smile at them with a sick sort of secretive, knowing smile. Ms. Koerting doesn’t know we have that sort of power to cross vestibules, and that can be our little secret.
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