I was appalled. I would like to take a few moments here to clarify the major distinctions between the common rat and the squirrel.
Rats live in sewers and in most campus-run housing.
Squirrels live in trees and dumpsters. Rats eat stuff that you might find in a sewer or dorm, like garbage, old tires and alligators. Squirrels, on the other hand, eat nuts, berries, wood and refuse, especially those squirrels living in dumpsters. A few days later, I saw a squirrel trying to eat a frozen hot dog. Rats carry a multitude of infectious diseases, including, but not limited to, the plague, while squirrels are carriers of only a few occasionally fatal diseases, including the plague and rabies.