Some dormitories are very noisy. Sometimes students get drunk or get high that s their job on weekends. The repercussions of student drinking aren t always as innocuous. According to Rashad Badrawi, a graduate information technology student who sometimes acts as D-shift proctor supervisor, proctors are often threatened with violence. An irate visitor recently punched a proctor in the face, resulting in a broken nose.
Verbal abuse happens much more often.
He cites an incident where a student without her ID wasn t allowed entrance to Willis Hall. She called the proctor office, which is open 24 hours a day, yelling that she knew President Richard Freeland and someone would pay. For Kilimanjaro Robbs, a senior electrical engineering major, the D-shift s higher wages make burning the midnight oil a bit easier. On campus, everything else is work study. After commiserating with residents about the dysfunctional vending machine, Robbs swipes the ID of someone who has just been buzzed in.