Faulkner conducts a running commentary with her dorm-op peer, senior Cheryl Koester, as they make the rounds of ill dorm computers. After typing in new software commands for one student, the computer decided to erase a half-hour's work. Faulkner seethed through clenched teeth. Once students get to know who the computer paramedics are on campus, there is no telling when they might get flagged down. I'm a sucker, so I usually help them.
Time of day is also meaningless.
If a student's computer crashes when the rest of the world is asleep, he or she is not always likely to wait until sunrise to knock on a computer aide's door. There's really no sense of what's 'late' in dorm life.