Read last week’s dorm diaries here.

In Desmond Hall, labeled by most as the “party dorm,” one resident is enjoying the atmosphere.

“Imagine a prison cell with nice furniture and high ceilings,” freshman communications major David Hine said.

Then, imagine a guy petting the window of your dorm building for an hour because of his acid trip. “It was scary and funny at the same time,” Hine said.

That was the craziest thing Hine witnessed living in the dorms this year.

Despite the “party dorm” label, Sacramento State isn’t a prime partying school, according to Hine. He attributes this to the fact that Sac State is such a commuter campus. Plus, Hine lives on the first floor of Desmond, an entirely different world altogether.

“I live on the first floor which is dead. If everyone on the first floor suddenly died, it would probably take several days just to suspect that something went wrong,” Hine said. Apparently, the upper levels are a bit more exciting.

“There are a few parties here and there, but I mostly party when I go to other colleges like Chico or Davis,” Hine said.

There are, however, an abundance of interesting people in and around the dorms, particularly roommates. Meeting people is the best part of living in the dorms, Hine said.

“When you start living with a bunch of people, you start to learn all their little quirks and habits. That’s entertaining in itself,” Hine said.

This includes Resident Advisers, also known as RAs, who quickly go from mentor to friend to enemy to friend again. “A lot of them are really hot, and they are really cool people. They turn into Nazis around quiet hours, but that is their job, so I don’t really blame them,” Hine said.

However, RAs work hard to create programs to keep college kids on the right track.

“I just went to this drunk driving program (in the dorms), and I got to wear beer goggles and make an ass of myself,” Hine said.

Though Hine found entertainment in the dorm programs, there were a few aspects of dorm life that did not appeal to him.

The worst part of the dorms was “a tie between the showers and the ‘stuff’ they serve in the DC (Dining Commons),” Hine said.

Luckily, he will be getting a break from the DC food and community showering. Although spring break isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Because the break comes a month before Easter Sunday, many people will not be able to go home to visit family.

“I don’t know what the CSU system is trying to prove, but whatever it is, they are doing it at the expense of many families’ Easter Sunday celebrations,” Hine said.

Just another crazy day in dorm life, I guess.

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Lauren King can be reached at [email protected].