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Originally Posted by AGDee
This falling out of open second story windows always makes me wonder... Why do these windows not have screens???? Cuz seriously, you wouldn't have to be drunk to roll out of an open window while sound asleep if your bed is right next to an open window...
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They made a huge deal out of this at W&L. Campus hearsay was that a similar incident (rolling out of your bed while drunk) had happened at W&L in the 80s or early 90s. Don't know if this was true.
When I was a dorm counselor I was required to inspect the girls' room set-ups to make sure that no had had their beds pushed against the window. Really. I was also supposed to do informal visual checks from time to time to ensure that that the screens were still in their windows.
People do take their window screens out for a variety of reasons, and IMO it is a good idea for colleges to require that people not do this. Of course I guess it's more of a problem at places that have dorms without A/C - if the dorms have A/C the windows probably aren't getting opened nearly as much.