page 10 over the Edge Feb. 07, 1996

Floor Bowling on Residence:
The Floor Crawl

An editorial commentary by Vince Yim

“Bleeeaaaaauuughhh!” <splatch!>

50 students of the third
floor in the first
residence got completely
wasted on January 26,
1996. The survivors of
the alcoholic orgy called
the ordeal “The Floor
-Crawl”. They lived only
to face a new
nightmare...the war
against the hangovers.

The Floor Crawl was
an event that involved
students going from
room to room, pounding
down shooters of vodka,
tequila, and _ other
alcoholic stuff that was in
a shot glass. This was
supposedly a “Residence
Activity”, along the lines
of watching “ER” on
Thursday night and
having potluck dinners
in the common room. I
still can’t get it through
my head that people
actually do this for fun.

Although I didn’t
experience this event
first hand (I live directly
below third floor), I
managed to see enough
people get completely
wasted, wandering the
“halls, and purging their
stomachs to the point
that you knew exactly
what they had for
dinner. Although people
were drunk to the point
of puking their juts out
as aforementioned, a few
more were drunk to the
point of passing out and
losing all semblance of
reality. One unfortunate
individual was sent to the

hospital. Fortunately for
her, she was okay.
Unfortunately, not all
people are as fortunate.
There have been several
incidents on university
dormitories where
people have been so
drunk that they have
died of alcohol poisoning.
Of course, this is a “small
percentage”, but the girl

who was sent to the

hospital did stand a
chance of dying if the
security staff didn’t see
her wandering off
outside. She could have
froze to death. She may
have been able to find a
warm environment, but
she could have passed
out then choked to death
on her own vomit. But
then again, it is a “small
percentage”. Maybe I
should organize a
Russian Roulette party.
After all, there is only a
16.666 percent chance
that a participant will get
a bullet in the brain. Hey,
I can live with odds like
that. (Yeah, right.)
Another problem I see
with this event going on
is that some people don’t
know their limits. I have
seen all of those public
awareness saying “know
when to draw the line”.
When those particular
people aren’t capable of
handling alcohol, does
that really work at all?
This could easily be
compared with a simple
experiment that was

performed in a biology
lab. This experiment
involved a live frog and
a bucket of water. When
the live frog was
immersed in a bucket of
hot water, the frog
jumped out immediately.
When the frog was
immersed in cold water
and the water was slowly
heated to a boiling point,
you could actually cook
the frog and have frog
soup. See my point?
With events like this, I
would have to wonder if
Residence is an ideal
studying environment.
That night completely
changed my perceptions
of residence life fagever,

because this was
something that the
university residence
authorities (R.A.S,

Security, and residence
Life Council) actually
allowed to happen. Oh
well. At least we’ll still
have “ER” on Thursday

night and floor potlucks.

Dear Mr. Yim

Weare sorry to hear that
you disapproved of our
floor having fun. We are,
however, quite concerned
with the fact that you
have such strong feelings
for the well-being of our
fellow floormates. With
this we are deeply
touched, and hereby
cordially invite you to
move to our floor. We
believe you will find it a
tad more interesting than
your current location.

But let’s get some facts
straight first, shall we?
At no time did the
Housing Department,
Security, or Residence
Council endorse a “Floor
Crawl”. Do we have that
clear?
representative of UNBC
at any time would
endorse communal
drinking, service to
minors, and the general
out-of-control ruckus you
have described, to ever
occur in Student
Housing. That means the

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commentary by Vince Yim

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floor must have
organized this event on
its own.

Fortunately, Mr. Yim,
we (Tim and Dave, RA’s
N302 Res I) are blessed
with a floor that has such
incredible floor and
school spirit, that they
felt a need to celebrate
with their fellow
floormates. This
function served as a
controlled stress relief, a
phenomenal success in
the social department,
and yielded zero damage
to the facilities. Being
RA’s, we tend to have a
little more
communication with the
Commisionaires on
campus, and specifically
those in Student
Housing. A direct quote
from one of _ the
Commisionaires from
Friday night was “I wish
all drinking events were
so well controlled, we
had no problems with
the evening at all.”
Unfortunately, Mr. Yim,
my floor is not content to