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Show WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017 8 - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM WE Students deal with noisy neighbors in dorms BY RYANN HEINLEN AvereeRHeinlen Noisy neighbors can ruin more than a night's sleep. Resident assistants in housing have been receiving multiple noise complaints per week. Quiet hours on campus 10 a.m. are from 10 p.m. 11 on weekdays and p.m. 10 a.m. on weekends. There are some students, however, that don't abide by these guidelines. "1 think usually we're the noisy neighbors in the building, at least on this floor," said Dustin Hall, a freshman business administration major from Las us Vegas. Hall said that most of the time he and his roommates have friends over and they are playing video games. "Usually we make noise in the evenings," Hall said. "We try to hold off until the weekends before we start having a lot of fun and having people over just because we know people are doing homework." On the weekends, students are more likely to be off campus or out of town, and Hall and his roommates feel like they can get away with a little more noise, he said. Hall and his roommates had relay races in the hallway one Thursday evening and were asked to keep it down. "They weren't too happy about that," Hall said. "But the resident assistants on this floor are pretty cool." Hall said he and his roommates are aware there are quiet hours, but they aren't exactly sure when they are. Around 11 p.m., they try to keep it down, Hall said. Regina Burgess, a freshman media studies major from Phoenix, said she's experienced problems with noisy neighbors when she's trying to sleep at night. "I've experienced banging on the ground and just very, very loud noises usually at night when I have class in the morning," Burgess said. Burgess said when the noises became habitual, she and her roommate would bang on the ceiling or scream up at their noisy neighbors to be quiet. "They either ignored us or they would purposely get louder," Burgess said. After about two to three weeks, Burgess and her roommate approached their resident assistant about what they could do. "Because the noise was short amounts of time, she couldn't really do much about it," Burgess said. "If she walked past, it would be quiet." After hearing from the resident assistant, Burgess and her roommate went to 4 'I , 0 i0 H 0 F , C CI, 1 t m x (7) ',. ,,,,,,,....,. E JD DIANA - 1('... "At , FOSSETT DianaFossettD3N 1' - v,- 4 41".' ' t History is more interesting when spiced with royal drama. t,". ,, , , freshman computer and information technology major from Orem, clamps his hands over his ears to lessen housing. sounds from an apartment neighbor. Noise complaints have been an issue for some students living in Korbin Ashby, a "Catherine of Braganza: Charles II's Restoration Queen" by Sarah-Bet- h Wat- the housing office to ask what more they could do. The housing office spoke with Burgess' resident assistants and the neighbors were talked to as well. In the future, Burgess said she would handle it kins is a short biography of Queen Catherine of England, who reigned from 1662- 1685. Her marriage to King Charles LE, a king on shaky ground as he had previously been usurped, was an alliance match. The book focuses much on her struggles as a foreign bride she was a princess from and the problems Portugal of being a Catholic noble in the hostile, Anglican-leanin- g English courts. I found myself finishing the book in a matter of hours as Catherine's history was so engaging that I had to know how it turned out. Catherine's story is pieced together through the diaries of court satellites, personal letters to and from family members, and historical documentation. From this, the reader can see what royalty was really like, with all the gloss of movies removed. Watkins assembled a sad picture of Catherine, but not intentionally. Overall, Watkins maintained a neutral tone when it came to detailing the Henrietta Dowager Queen, Charles 11 mother, to share their Catholic devotions together and to have a reprieve from her argument with Charles." There was no direct citation to prove this, just inferences from events sufformding the two women's time together. However, the slight compassion Watkins showed to Cath- erine's history didn't impair my ability to create my own idea of Catherine's character. Watkins did, however, cite many historical records as she wrote Catherine's story, which was helpful. I've found without these kinds of footnotes, I tend to finish reading biographies with more questions than when I started. Something I found difficult was more on the end of my own education. I am not overly familiar with British history, or any history that is not American. At times I found myself on Google looking up maps and background details, and then needing to find historically accurate maps for the letting it get out of control, she said. Jessica Gomez, a junior communication major from Mesquite, Nevada, is a resident assistant at Campus View Suites. differently. "I would probably first go to the neighbors, especially if I did know them," Burgess said. "That way I don't have to get another person "Each night, a different resident assistant has the duty phone, which is where students contact us about any noise complaints," Gomez said. "From my experience with the duty involved." It's better to confront someone when you're having an issue rather than phone, in a week, I'd say about five noise complaints come in." Resident assistants on RESOURCE CENTER w0 Catherine's being ostracized for her fertility struggles and her Catholic beliefs. 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The only real complaint can level at the book is that it is only 140 pages and that Watkins referenced things, like Catherine's relation- Communication Building contestants' pictures were taken in studio C and was happy to get to know some of the other participants. Something we all had in common was that the pageant was a new experience for us, and we wanted to try something different. As more women joined us, most were friendly. However, maybe it was my own insecurities speaking, but a few girls your more typical, slender beauty answered our queen-type- s d with a greetings duty have to report all noise complaints made on campus during quiet hours. When a noise complaint is made, the resident assistants go to where the noise is coming from and if they can hear anything, approach the people about the noise. On rare occasions, the resident assistants can't hear anything and ask the people who made the complaint if they can still hear any noise. If those issuing the noise complaint respond back, the resident assistants approach the neighbors making noise and remind them of quiet hours. Gomez said if anyone on campus is experiencing noisy neighbors, they are more than welcome to contact their resident assistant. "We want to make your time here enjoyable and don't want to have you hate living on campus because of noise when we can easily fix the issue," Gomez said. "We don't find out about something until students leave because they didn't want to contact their resident assistant." "We think these events will help contribute to our date with the Women's Resource Center's upcoming events and scholarships by looking up DixieS: tateWRC on Twitter. "It's worth it to come in because we're a friendly environment and we will do everything we can to .1 send you in the right direction," Larsen said. mission of helping women achieve their academic and professional goals." 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Not to slight the presenters; they were funny and had interesting stories to share. It also was good to get a better idea of what the judges were looking for in a tight-lippe- I 1 , .., ships with the royal bastards, but never expanded on the 4'4 subjects. Aside from that, this teresting historical look into the life of a queen is worth a read. "Catherine of Braganza: Charles Ws Restoration WatQueen" by Sarah-Bet- h Ens will be available April 28 But I've been interviewing for over a decade now, and am fairly comfortable with t t 1 in- for $14.95. Dixie Sun rating: 4.5 out 5 suns. i I II li 'I 'I 'I im1 ! ' .71 of i i 10 v,L I Copy Editor Diana Fossett Tound due to having eczema, putting on makeup was one of her least parts of preparing for the pageant. Fossett is covering the pageant as a contestant and is writing a series of articles until the pageant concludes on April 4. - |