It must have been very cool. In the late 2000-2010s, though, rule enforcement wasn't scarce. In fact, RAs would walk around, put there ears to the doors to try to see if they could hear something justifying them entering and res lifing.

With the geographic isolation that was a horrible combination.

Well, I’m two years younger. But I’m sadly blanking on a Vermin from KC. Did you play football in 08?

And dealing with FJ fucking sucked. Only good thing was he couldn’t go upstairs, and we could pretty easily go up the side stairs.

Edit: saw your hall president post below. I know who this is. That was bullshit. FJ again.

That would have been a sight to behold.

In his defense, I did a lot that would likely have justified the unilateral removal, just not what I actually got caught for.

Can’t decipher who you are from your profile, but feel free to shoot me an email, lots of us in Chicago.

An RA in 2001 broke the code and got a friend kicked off campus for parietals. Meanwhile his girlfriend had been staying over every night for like 3 years. Around 5 times that year we duct taped a tarp to his door, filled the space with leaves, and then waited.

Graz if you’re reading this it was me and I have no regrets.

the Carroll guys from my era had a tighter bond, dorm-wide and within their class, than most of the other groups. Hell, we had as many guys in my year living in Morrissey as Carroll had total residents. Every dorm experience is unique, but I'd say the experience that what Carroll residents had was different from what you'd get in Sorin, Dillon, Keough, or Siegfried.

Holy Cross Hogs. His group of friends was *extremely* tight. His little sister — and all of us, her friends — immediately became their little sisters.

From knowing them I’d say that living in a dorm set away from campus definitely created closer bonds.

Those guys were nuts. Most of them were certifiable geniuses, very kind, but man they could party.

The dorm life was great. You could enjoy much of the same by moving the dorm closer to campus and making the rooms bigger. Also there aren’t enough showers per resident. I could go on but it need updating.

Huge rooms, basketball court and lawn, lake and track right outside the door, Dome views, gentlemanly reluctance to force girls to make long walks home in the dark, and virtually no rules or standards regarding booze.

In the late 90s, and presumably before then, it was the best place on campus. It was a long cold walk, but the virtues far outweighed the drawbacks.

I would not be surprised to learn it needs a good rehab. But I’d rather hear the whole of Boston were liquidated than see that place be razed.

For the whole first semester he would rather sleep on my floor in Zahm than live in Carroll.

because of an overdose of ether, was it?

year because he rarely went to class. Presumably because my floor was too comfy, and then getting lost once he had to move to Carroll 2nd semester.

My junior and senior years, every morning when I woke up in my 4th floor room, the first thing I saw was the Dome and Sacred Heart across Saint Mary's Lake. Couldn't beat that view!

in order to make room for South/God quad female dorms in D6. Am I misremembering?

I just felt like an argument about Popeye's shouldn't elicit the most irrational response of the day.

So there!

to their dorms. The corner of D6 closest to Carroll was at most 50 yds from the side door everyone used...we considered that our own "private" parking