Let me tell you a story . An acquaintance of mine ( who is on the Dean’s list) rides his street legal motorcycle home late one night to drop off one of his friends at Warren Hall. He lives there also. AN RA. (Whom shall remain nameless, for I don’t want to be brought up on charges tells him the next day that she had some people complain that the bike had disturbed them while they were sleeping. She tells him he cannot ride his bike in front of the dorm anymore. He replies that she has no right to order him to do that, but he silently complies anyway.

Time passes. On a rainy night this acquaintance chances to bring his old truck around to the front of the dorm. The nameless RA comes outside holding a phone and watches him. He pulls away in his truck and, accidentally or not, he squeals his tires a little. The RA calls the police. The police come and all but refuse to give him a ticket until the RA demands that she will press charges. They give him a ticket for a minor traffic violation.

One again, time passes. I have just heard that the University is trying to press abusive or disorderly conduct charges over this last incident. All he did was get a minor traffic violation ( which the police did not want to give) and now he could theoretically be in danger of being tossed out of school. I know what you are thinking, but this acquaintance is not me. It, however, does scare me to think that, if I should be so unfortunate to get caught going 31 mph in a 30 zone or get a parking ticket, this could theoretically happen to me.

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Moral number one of the story:Be wary when driving if you live on campus, because it can ruin you academic career. Moral number two:Don’t live on campus, because there is obviously nothing preventing an overly zealous RA from ruining you future. You have been warned.