They tried throwing pebbles at windows and calling up to friends, but no one came down to help them. Finally, an older gentleman with a beard let them in. The students told their friends that an older gentleman had opened the door for them, but no one knew whom they were talking about. It was a portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes. The Oxley presence Oxley Hall, now used as office space but originally the first women's residence hall, has its share of ghost stories.
Several versions exist that center around the death of a young woman in a third-floor corner room.
Wahl's version states that she may have committed suicide, but that no one was really sure why she died. Cathy Collins, administrative associate for housing, food services and event centers, knows of one which says the woman surprised a burglar while staying in the dorm over a holiday and was murdered. Wahl tells of several sightings over the years of lights shining in the fourth-floor attic. One investigation unearthed a vagrant living there. A year later, when police were called when a light was shining again, they discovered no one.