sit around on Thursday
night and watch ER
while conversing over a
good Potluck meal. They
need more.

But we will most
certainly yield to the fact,
that because so many of
our floormates decided
to consume alcoholic
beverages at the same
time, and in such
quantity, it does leave the
possibility of alcohol
poisoning. Case in point,
the unfortunate
individual who was
taken to hospital over
consumption. However
again, Mr. Yim, I believe
your information is
- confused. This
individual was attended
to immediately by
multiple RA’s, including

Dave (N302) and at least. «

two Commisionaires.
Her state was addressed
immediately, and the
appropriate action
taken. I would like to
note that this woman was
the only mishap in the
entire event, and at that,
she did not even live in
Student Housing.

Just one question for you
Mr. Yim. Why is it that
you have not written an
Editorial about the
“alcoholic orgy” that
occurred on Saturday
night on the first floor of
Residence I? This was
another floor social

event, this one
sanctioned by _ the
housing department, and

organized mostly by the
residents therein. It is
our belief that if you were
to describe that event, it
would have been much
harsher than the review
you have unfairly given

BReaiLSs

our floor. Things were
“so out of control, there
was even alcohol in the
hallways”. I wonder Mr.
Yin, if it is possible you
are jealous that you
don’t live on our floor?

On a closing note Mr.
Yim, we invite you to
approach both of us, in
person, to voice your
concerns in future.

Maybe we can come toa
better understanding

together of what
Residence Life should be.
We.are sorry that your
perception of Residence
Life has changed forever
Mr. Yim, however if an
event that was held on
our floor that terminated
*before 10:00pm* on a
Friday night disturbed
you this much, maybe
you should not be living
here any more.

Tim & Dave
Res I North 302

P.S.- Just so you are
made aware of it in
advance Vince, our next
event will be a fundraiser
for the sobbing towel you
so desperately need.

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Now that you’ve

succesfully shot my.

credibility to hell (thanks
a lot, guys), I'd like to
defend myself. I should
have seen this coming.

The editorial that you.

read was one of many
editions, rewrites, and
revisions,

printing the revised
edition after receiving
your response would
shoot the journalistic
integrity of “Over the
Edge” straight to hell
and never to return, I
guess I’m stuck between
a rock and a hard place.
(I’m starting to feel
really glad that I didn’t
run through third floor
at 6:00AM with a pot and
a pan with bag over my
head, banging the pot
and pan together and
making enough noise to
wake the dead).

Well, after succesfully
calming down and re-
reading your rebuttal,
I’d have to say I’m
shocked. I’ve never had

but since

any of my written pieces
shredded so badly
before. The closest I'd
have to say was my
Grade 11 English
teacher. Needless. to
say, I didn’t like her
very much. But enough
of that. You managed
to counter what I had fo

say, now it’s my turn.
First of all, 1 am very
aware of the facts. I
know very well that the
Housing Department,
Security, and Residence
Council didn’t endorse
this. Any person in
authority would have to
be completely reckless
to actually promote
something like this. It’d
be like giving a
criminally insane
inmate the keys to the
world’s nuclear
arsenal. The fact I was
trying to get across was
that they allowed this to
happen. They didn’t go
around telling people to
participate, but they
didn’t bother putting a

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stop to this. In other

words, they basically said,
“Have fun, try not to
break anything, if you do,
you’re paying for it. Ifyou
get sick that’s your own
fault.”

‘And since you have
given everyone else the
impression that I have no
life and I practically live
for floor potlucks and ER
on Thursday nights, I’d
also like to say that parties
are fun. When I do get the
chance to attend them, I
manage to enjoy myself,
even though people are
getting completely drunk
left right and centre. Oh,
did I mention that I don’t
drink either? |

That would probably be
one reason (among others)
why I was against this
activity in particular.
Residence activities are
fun. I know that just as
much as anyone. When it
gets to the point that
people get sick and run the
risk of dying, that’s where
I draw the line. Is
spending the entire day
slagging your way
through the next day with
a massive hangover your
idea of fun? Some people
thought the event itself
was fun. But if I was the
one that was puking my
guts out, so passed out that
I can’t even remember
who I met, then I’d be
really hard pressed to say
that I had a good time.

And here’s a counter to
your remark about the
first floor party Disco
party. I went down there
to give a copy of my Floor

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