I called in a party to the RA, police showed up

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Probably should have gone to them first, but not your fault they were being idiots drinking in a dorm at 2am with noise blasting.
 
As an adult, I can't imagine not putting an end to some bullshit noise at 2 in the fucking morning. I don't care what day it is. I don't mind people having fun, but when it's 2 in the morning and your keeping the dorm awake and you're underage drinking your dumb ass deserves to get caught. (Saying this as someone who has gotten caught in that situation).

Don't worry OP you do them a favor, maybe they'll reign it in a little bit and not fuck up there chance of actually learning something.

There's nothing wrong with having some fun (even if you're under 21), but have some respect for those around you... especially when it's a shared living condition.
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You did the right thing OP. Having fun in a dorm is one thing but don't be a disrespectful douche to your neighbors. In the real world, you get called on your bullshit. If the RA handled the situation correctly, they approached the party and told them to keep it down. Their own fault if they didn't listen.
 
As a former RA, I'm sure yours loved hearing the duty phone go off so he or she can deal with drunk kids. If they're drinking underage, they have to call the cops, so everyone in the room is likely getting an MIP or some sort of school probation. Should have just knocked on their door and asked them to keep quiet.

Good thing is their parents won't be notified unless someone is under 18.

I do not miss St. Patrick's Day weekend duty shifts.
 
Join in or get earplugs, it's Saturday night. In ten years you'll look back and realize your the guy ruining other peoples fun instead of the one having fun.
 
Naw, the RA that called the cops is the douche. The other RA's are probably pissed at him/her for doing that because they had to stay up and deal with the fallout. What should have happened is the RA should have knocked and threatened and that would have been the end of it unless they were spectacular morons.

2am is sorta borderline, I would have talked to them first, but if the RA's handy why not have them do their job?
 
2:00am and I couldn't sleep cause the noise next door. Live on a dorm mostly filled with 1st/2nd year engineering students.

RA was awake, told him that people were being disturbing next thing I know 4 RAs show up, one calls the police, que mad dash of like 4 guys pouring whiskey and shit down the shared bathroom.

I didn't fk these guys out of an education did I. The last thing these guys needs is the lack of one.

Happened about 1hr ago and police and RAs left but I'm pretty sure they know it was me who called it in. I'm just really confused and kind of anxious because I don't know what's going to happen to them or me.


4 AM? Yeah, I can understand calling the RA. 2 AM? You should've went and asked them to keep it down. 2 AM isn't absurd by any stretch of imagination. I hope you didn't get these guys in trouble for just trying to enjoy their college-life when you could've simply went and asked them to lower their voices/music. My college building is usually booming Thurs - Sat until usually around 3:30. Everyone's just trying to unwind from a stressful week of classes and enjoy college before it ends you know?
 
Join in or get earplugs, it's Saturday night. In ten years you'll look back and realize your the guy ruining other peoples fun instead of the one having fun.


Join them? Good idea. That way when the cops come your drunk ass is in trouble as well.

I represent trying-to-get-some-sleep-and-do-well-in-college-GAF.
 
Damn dude. It's Saturday night AND St. Patricks Day weekend. Let people have their fun.

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Clearly all colleges are different as I can't imagine the cops ever getting called for a party in a dorm room at UCSC.

Think of this as a valuable lesson in unintended consequences, for them and for you.
 
did you ask them to be a bit less noisy first?

not that you need to, it should be common sense, but it would be a nice courtesy to extend.

Damn dude. It's Saturday night AND St. Patricks Day weekend. Let people have their fun.

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why were those losers partying in a dorm instead of going out? what's their excuse!?
 
Damn dude. It's Saturday night AND St. Patricks Day weekend. Let people have their fun.

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Seriously. Way to buck that nerd stereotype, guys.
 
The fuck kind of question is this? You knock to ask them to keep the noise level down because you are trying to go to bed.

I was just kidding. Yes knocking first and asking them to be quieter would've been the best first option.

but hey, at least OP didn't do nothing about it and then make a thread "To the guy partying next door to me keeping me awake all night, you're so lucky I didn't come and smack the beer right out of your hand! You are the embodiment of all the doucheyness I've witnessed on campus this year"
 
Damn dude. It's Saturday night.

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yep, Saturday night... damn it.

I was lucky at my school, we were mostly international students in secluded dorms, so except for few RA's that thought they were important, nobody ever called cops... after a while they started coming on their own though, but hey, we had 1 great party year.

Few locals that were in dorms loved our parties and fit in perfectly... except for carrying their own beer like it is some kind of prized possession.
 
Allow me to join you on the limb and say they shouldn't be drinking at all then.

Shouldn't be? Sure. Some people will agree with you on that. But people are going to, and that's just a part of the college experience. 9 times out of 10, I'll say let people have their fun. It's safer to get drunk your first time in the dorms, surrounded by friendly people & authority figures than out in the streets. But I assume if OP did feel the need to intervene - and is beating himself up over it - the sleep was pretty important to him. So I get it.
 
2 AM on St. Patrick's day weekend at a college and you have no sympathy for them? Really? It's not like it was Monday or something. It's the weekend.

It's still a place he's paying to live and sleep in. I'm aware of the kind of noise that happens in dorms and it can get to the point where there's absolutely zero need for it to be as loud as it is and no harm would come to anyone if they're told to keep it down. It's 3am, turn the fucking subwoofer off; stop yelling for no reason in the hallway. Yeah, it's college. Go out to a party. out...to a party. If you can't find one, then suck it up and keep it down and let people who are trying to sleep do so.
 
His neighbors couldn't find a house party or bar to go to. Nowhere in the history of college did an epic party begin with, "Let's go back to the dorms!"

You make due with what you have, man. I don't know how OP's situation is, but my dorm building we have 4 rooms and a common area. Many parties are thrown in the common area across campus. Not everyone has the luxury of a car to go off-campus. Plus that requires designated drivers; whereas having a party in your dorm results in everyone just walking back to their respective rooms. I don't know what your dorm experience was like, but partying in the dorms is commonplace where I go to school. Nothing wrong with it at all.
 
Former RA here too, but I think every college handles these things slightly differently. If they were really loud then you did the right thing, there's plenty of house parties or clubs to be at making that kind of noise.
 
At my school it was "STFU" past 11pm. Zero parties occuring, zero alcohol allowed. Parties were always off-campus. (People would have alcohol, of course, but you never drew attention.)
 
Allow me to join you on the limb and say they shouldn't be drinking at all then.

Are you telling me you've never had alcohol before you were 21? Really? Never would've guess the bhuhu the hive mind guy would be the party killer type...

It's Saint Patty's day weekend, essentially Spring Break season, a Saturday night, and he's at a college dorm. There are easier ways to solve this without ruining everyone's fun, such as putting in some damn earplugs
 
Was it a regular thing?
Did you try to speak to them?

If the answers are no, then you fucked up OP.

Edit... when you said underage drinking, I thought you were talking about 13-14 year olds.
 
Are you telling me you've never had alcohol before you were 21? Really? Never would've guess the bhuhu the hive mind guy would be the party killer type...

It's Saint Patty's day weekend, essentially Spring Break season, a Saturday night, and he's at a college dorm. There are easier ways to solve this without ruining everyone's fun, such as putting in some damn earplugs

You are not welcome on my limb

Additionally I got busted for alcohol in my dorm for the sheer reason I wasn't supposed to have it. Rules and all.
 
It's still a place he's paying to live and sleep in. I'm aware of the kind of noise that happens in dorms and it can get to the point where there's absolutely zero need for it to be as loud as it is and no harm would come to anyone if they're told to keep it down. It's 3am, turn the fucking subwoofer off; stop yelling for no reason in the hallway. Yeah, it's college. Go out to a party. out...to a party.

i doubt you are much aware of anything. By far best parties were at dorms. House parties get cops called right away because you have neighbours in their 60's trying to sleep and even few cars out will get cops called for a party.

After dorms, best were university towns where most people living were students, so they did not mind fun times at Saturday night.
 
Well, on one hand you only talked to the RA. What happened after that is out of your hands. And if you didn't say anything maybe some one else would have etc etc.

On the other hand it IS a Saturday night on a college campus. Do you need to be up early?
 
You make due with what you have, man. I don't know how OP's situation is, but my dorm building we have 4 rooms and a common area. Many parties are thrown in the common area across campus. Not everyone has the luxury of a car to go off-campus. Plus that requires designated drivers; whereas having a party in your dorm results in everyone just walking back to their respective rooms. I don't know what your dorm experience was like, but partying in the dorms is commonplace where I go to school. Nothing wrong with it at all.

My college town has so many better options. We have the bar district right across from campus. There's off campus housing, apartments, houses, frats, sororities, and so on. The only people hanging out at the dorms are either sleeping or playing video games/board games. With so many good alternatives, the dorms aren't seen as an ideal place to hang out at.
 
It's still a place he's paying to live and sleep in. I'm aware of the kind of noise that happens in dorms and it can get to the point where there's absolutely zero need for it to be as loud as it is and no harm would come to anyone if they're told to keep it down. It's 3am, turn the fucking subwoofer off; stop yelling for no reason in the hallway. Yeah, it's college. Go out to a party. out...to a party. If you can't find one, then suck it up and keep it down and let people who are trying to sleep do so.

I can understand your reasoning, but it was 2 AM on a Saturday on St. Patrick's Day weekend. Even if it wasn't a "holiday", 2 AM on a Saturday? I wouldn't bat an eye at noise. In OP's situation I'd go across the hall or wherever and ask them to turn the sub down or keep the volume down. People aren't mind-readers when it comes to that sort of thing.

When it hits 3 AM? Yeah, we'll turn our music down and continue. I know you're thinking of off-campus parties, but honestly the best parties I've been to this year have been on-campus in dorms. Always fun to go dorm-hopping on a Saturday night. Good way to meet new people and such. My point is that it's 2 AM on a Saturday night. OP should've asked them to keep it down.
 
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