Piper Guiney ’28
Chief Eggplant Editor
Welcome back to the Hill students! I can’t speak for the other sections, but we here at The Eggplant are feeling meh about having you back! I for one am just excited to have moved on from the miserable life that plagues those living in Brooks Hall. Despite the black mold, rat feces, and lingering smell of urine, I count myself as one of the lucky few when it came to housing, for I had a double. However, since last year, the number for forced triples has grown exponentially, leaving kids to feel “lost” and “alone”. If you find yourself in this situation, DO NOT PANIC! Your tragic, miserable, and completely unique life does not go overlooked. Holy Cross has introduced a new support group for students stricken with the devastating macro-aggression of living in a triple.
I have interviewed students in triples about their experience with triples and the support group. One freshman girl, Anastasia, claims that “honestly, when I heard I was going to be in a triple, I sobbed for hours. I was about to make it a double and give my roommates all A’s for the semester if you know what I mean. It might seem dramatic to call it a hate crime, but I sure hate it.” Another student, Lauren, compared her triple to “group home but with only one room.” Furthermore, Lauren even went as far as to call the housing directors “genocidal fascists” (to me, this seemed a bit far especially since the housing directors were just trying to do their job but whatever…). I could not sympathize more with these students. I mean this is literally the worst thing that could ever happen to them. Ever (their words, not mine). One student confided to me that “living in a triple is worse than that time my grandma choked on a piece of shrimp and died. That totally ruined my birthday.” Despite this, these students all agreed that this support group was very helpful. However, when I went to sit in on a meeting, it felt like what I imagine the seagulls from Finding Nemo answering to the question, “whose housing ‘trauma’ is the worst?”
All in all, if you are a freshman and find yourself in a forced triple this semester, know that all of your haughty complaining and moaning is seen and heard and then immediately ignored. Also, that high horse you got on when your life became so troubled broke its leg, so we had to put it down. Hope this helps!
Featured image courtesy of Holy Cross Magazine
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