On October 17th, Chrabby published our previous blog post. The opinions and feelings of Chrabby were met by slight resistance, therefore we have decided to take a different approach this time around. We shall present simply true, short factual statements to describe the last encounter we deemed noteworthy.
Fact #1. On August 16th, when Chrabby first arrived in their room, their beds were stacked on top of each other. Chrabby communicated via a strategically placed and angled mirror on the desk shelves next to their beds.
Fact #2. On October 14, in order to ease communication (and also eliminate the terror of trying to climb down a bunk bed in the dark and without coffee) Chrabby de-bunked their beds and pushed them next to each other. The top bunk is around one mattress height taller than the bottom bunk, so the beds touched each other, but had a “step” in the middle.
Fact #3. On October 31, Chrabby was informed that the administration had ordered that their beds be moved apart.
Fact #4. On November 1, Chrabby was reminded to move their beds, this time with the explanation that they were “inappropriate” for dorm living.
Fact #5. On November 2, Chrabby had separate meetings with the dean, in which they were ordered to move their beds with the explanation that “it’s weird” and “it looks bad."
Background Fact #1. The Student Handbook does not mention any rule about students having their beds next to each other. The administration openly admits that there is no rule against parallel beds.
Background Fact #2. Chrabby personally knows other PHC students who have had their beds pushed together and have not been ordered to separate them.
