Coming out of the 2022-2023 school year, one might think that residents of Denunzio have learned to contain their urine to the toilets in the bathrooms, but it seems like they haven’t. Similar to last year, they received early check in again for uncontrolled urination.
The Deans started to address this issue with a dorm meeting, but as it persisted, the Deans decided that the best way to approach the problem was to punish the whole dorm. Joe Berman ’25, a resident of Denunzio and a former resident of the also notorious LM, said, “there’s been some problems in this dorm that led to some events that I don’t want to specify, but there have sadly been repetitions of what happened last year. Unlike last year, the problems have spread outside of just the bathroom.”
Berman went on to mention that it seems like an early check in may not be the best solution. He said, “it was a good idea, but if this event repeats we may get weekend early check in, which I’m against… it’s not my problem that someone is urinating on the stairwell.”
Another punishment that Denunzio has received is the elimination of snacks after study hall. Berman expressed his opinions against this policy through the statement, “unfed people are unhappy people.” While it was only one night of early check in, Eric Li ’24, along with many other members of Denunzio, agreed with Berman’s sentiments. Li said, “ I feel like the whole hall punishment is unfair. We’re not in the Roman legion, we shouldn’t be subject to these punishments as most of us are mature adults.”
It doesn’t seem like the culprit will ever be revealed, but it does seem like most Denunzio students agree that though discipline is necessary, incidents shouldn’t result in the punishment of the whole dorm.