NCH West Planners Increase Noise Pollution, Successfully Drown out Noise Pollution Complaints
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December 8, 2019 at 3:32 pm
Students living on campus near the construction site of New College House West say they are b̶̬̍ẽ̸̻ in g̸̖̈́ ̴̝̂ș̴̾h̷͍͝a̷̼͊k̵̖͗ĕ̷̡n̷̻̎ ̶̤͘a̶̰͝w̴̙̑a̵͎̔k̸̭̊e̷̻̔ ̵̤̓f̵̮͝r̸̟̕o̸̩̅m̴͓̃ their beds in the morning ̴̖̀a̶̹͒n̴̹̑d̸̘̒ ̶̗̚d̴̤̒i̷̧̎s̸̾͜ṛ̶͆ü̶̠p̵̬̍t̵̜̚e̷͜͠d̶̗͗ ̷̠̌b̵̮̊ÿ̵̥́ ̸͍͐t̸̤͊h̵͖̔ë̶̤́ ̵͕̏l̵͔̕ȏ̶̠ŭ̶͖d̴̖͋ ̷̥̉n̴̘͗o̸̫̽i̴̛͕s̴̳̓e̵̳̅s̵͗ͅ. :)
Situated at the corner of 40th and Walnut streets, construction on the record-breaking $163 million dorm hall began in December 2018, with the site facing Du Bois College House, Gregory College House, and Rodin College House. Residents say administrators are n̶͚͛ò̵̥ṫ̵̗ ̴̘̑ proper y̸͉̍ ̵̗̎ä̷͓́d̸̛̲d̵̙̅ř̵̺e̵͔̓s̷̗̔s̷͖̍i̵̧͝n̷͚̏g̴̛̺ ̵̰̉t̸͓͛h̵͎̓ē̵̲i̸͚͝r̶̯͆ ̷͇̂c̶̬̒o̶̼̚n̶̮̿c̸̺̊e̴͖͘ř̷͚n̴̘̒s̴̰̀ and h̸̗͊ă̷̡v̸̰̔e̷̽͜ ̷̠͒n̸̨̄o̴̮͘ṫ̷̟ ̶̱̎t̴͉̒ä̸̞́k̷̬͗e̶͉͌n̷̡̎ ̸̥̕ṯ̷͑h̴̖̿ȩ̸̈́ ̵̙͐ṕ̴̜r̴̥̽o̴͉͘p̵̜̐e̵̘̋ṟ̶̛ ̸̆ͅs̴̮̎t̶͉̚ě̷͎p̵̲̆s̸̮̋ ̵̖͂t̶͍̎ó̸̢ offer a solution t̶̲̑o̷͖͂ ̴̫̾t̴̗͌ḫ̶́e̸̦̒ ̴̣̐Ǹ̴ͅÇ̸̚Ḧ̵̺́Ẉ̶̀ ̶̞͝n̵͉̑o̶͇̊i̵̬̚s̸̝̋e̷̛̼ ̷̙̾ļ̶͝ē̴̦v̷̺̿e̴̜̊l̵̤̽s̵̲̿.̷͓̽
NCHW construction s̶̻͑t̵̾ͅa̶̮͂r̴͉̋t̸̟͝s̷̻̊ ̶͓̒a̴̫̔t̴͜͠ ̸̠͋7̸͈̿ ̷͖̀ã̸̩.̸̟͗m̴̺͌.̵̙͛ ̸͊͜a̶̟͝ņ̵̌d̴̫̀ ̸̰̎l̴̘͒a̷͓̎ŝ̴̰t̷̫͋ṣ̶̛ ̶̩͠u̷̺͗ṇ̵̊t̸̯́ĭ̸̜l̵̩͝ ̴͕̔4̶͓̃:̷̹͠3̵͎̂0̶̩̈́ ̸̣̄p̸̭͝.̴̭͠m̸͔̐.̵̼̈́ ̵͈̑M̷̢͝o̸̫͑n̴̡̍d̶͖̀a̸̻̚y̸̛̟ ̶̤̉t̴̪́h̷͓̕r̴͖͂o̴̟̒ų̶͒g̸̥̀ĥ̶̜ ̴͎̊S̶̕ͅa̵͈͂t̴͇͠ŭ̴̢r̸̭͑d̸̢͘á̶̗ÿ̸͚́,̷̣̔ ̸̙͊R̵̗͠ȯ̴ͅd̶̠̽i̴̺͒ñ̷̪ ̷͍̀R̶̟̓ę̴̐s̴̮̊i̴͕͐d̶͍̒ȇ̸̼ṋ̸̇ṭ̷̔i̷̦̓å̵͖l̶̺͋ ̸̤͊S̵̲͐e̵̲͝r̴̢̊ṿ̴̑i̷̪̓c̶̢̕ẽ̵͔ ̶̡͗M̷͓͂a̶̪̎n̷͖̆ā̶̼g̶͖̊e̶̡̾r̷̍ͅ ̵̧̐J̵̠̓ȃ̶̧m̴̥̎a̸͉͝l̷̹̂ ̶͚́Ḩ̵̓a̸͕̅ good w̶̜̕r̷̡̈́o̵̭͐ţ̴̄ĕ̸͍ ̷͍̏i̷̯̓ǹ̵̹ ̷͍̒ā̸͍ṇ̷͑ ̷̳̾e̴̺͝m̵̤̈́a̵̗̎i̶̘̅l̵̹̅ ̵̻̑t̵͓̒ọ̸̃ ̵̳̌r̸̮̓ë̴̗́ṡ̴̝ḯ̴͔d̴̡̈e̷͈͋n̴̰͊t̷̢͠s̸̙̓ ̴̡̓o̶̎͜n̴̠̈́ ̸̙̚A̴̛̫û̶̥g̸͓͌ů̶̫s̴̮͝t̸͔͗ ̵̱͝1̴̜̓9̷̟̈.̴͖̌ T̸̖̔h̸͙̾e̴̿͜ ̴̬͋d̷̻̍ó̸̰ṙ̷̡m̶̢͒ ̵̣͝h̷̦͆a̵̪̽l̶̨̒l̸͇̓ ̸̝̋ỉ̸ͅs̵͈̾ ̵͍͒ȇ̵͍x̸̰͛p̴̞̿e̵͚͠c̶̰͋t̷̡́ẻ̵̮d̷̻̿ ̴͎͛ṭ̵́o̴̹͌ ̵̰̐o̸͐͜p̶̢̈́e̷͔͌n̶͓̏ ̴̩̄ḯ̴̺n̴̬͝ ̵̱͂2̸̝͂0̷̭̅2̷̨̒1̵̨̐.̷̘͒
S̶̓ͅt̴̟̍u̴̹̿d̸͖̒e̶̬͛n̶̰͌t̷̼̎ṡ̸͈ ̷̗͂s̴̱̎a̸̻̓ÿ̸̬́ ̵̤̋ẗ̴͎́h̸͖̐ē̶͈ ̵͎̏n̵͖̈́ȍ̶͕i̴̩̎s̵̯͊e̶̯̚s̵̩͑ ̸͓̔h̸͍͗à̵̯v̴̪̈́e̴͕̿ ̷̠͘ẁ̵̖o̴̬͗k̶͎̋ë̸̢́n̴͕̓ ̷͇͘t̶̃͜ẖ̶̑e̶̪͘m̸̬̉ ̸̘͊ŭ̴̝p̷̥̓ ̴̠̃b̶̨̂e̶̠̋f̶̀͜o̷͎͛r̵̘͂ĕ̸̳ ̷͐͜ẗ̷̝h̵̥̋e̴͐͜ ̵͈͐s̵̠͗e̵̡̊t̶̍ͅ ̸̥̈́s̸͈̈t̷͉̓ä̴́ͅr̶̿͜t̵͎͘ ̵͕̉t̴̝̊i̴̋͜m̵͔̀é̴̮ ̴̪̅f̷̜̋o̴̻̾r̸̜̃ ̵͔͌c̸̯͂o̸̱̔n̷͔̏s̴̝̄t̷̡̄r̸͎͐ū̴̯c̵͚̽t̷͙͐i̴̘͆o̸̩̕n̷̙̈.̷̳̚
"You'll be woke é̸̘n̴͙̎ ̵͇̆ų̴̉p̶̢̀ ̵̫̔a̶̻͝t̷̋͜ ̸̳̀7̷͎̃ ̶͙̽a̵͎̎.̵̼̊m̶̝̃.̸̰͋ ̸͕̒i̴̺͗f̷̻͊ ̸͇͗n̴͉̔o̷̭̍t̷͚̏ ̸̹͑ḙ̵͝a̵͈͘r̴̻̋l̵͓̓i̵͎̅e̴̱̅r̶̲͗,̵͙̒ because e̴̺̔v̵̭͐ë̸͓́n̷̹̔ ̵̨̎t̶̮́h̸̫̀o̸̢͂u̵̘̎g̵̹̈́h̷̭̅ ̵͍͊t̷̩́h̶̩͠e̶̟̎ ̶̲̑s̸̢̔ṱ̷͐ä̵͓́r̸͉̀t̴͚͊ ̶̩̎t̷̢͑ì̵͈m̶̪͛e̸͙͆ ̵̞͘i̶̯̚s̸̙͌ ̴̪̂p̸̛̝o̵̤͒s̶̝̋t̶̯͝ĕ̵͔d̶̲̾ ̸͓͠a̵͙͊s̸̯̈́ ̴̼͐7̵̠̄ ̵̬͐ä̸̢́.̴̭̐m̷̯̀.̷̇ͅ,̸̺͑ ̶̪͠a̷̽ͅl̶̝̿l̶̰̂ ̴͓́ the workers are g̴̩̊ẽ̶̹t̷͓̏t̵͕̂ì̵ͅn̶̲̐g̸̠̈́ ̸̠̋t̷̖̃h̵̖͋e̴̛̝ȓ̴̳e̴̮̐ ̵̱̅a̵͖͌t̸̗̚ ̵̻͑6̸̩͋,̷̨͑ ̶̾͜6̴̲̂:̵̲̀3̴̹̈0̷͙̈́,̴͈͂ ̶̯̈́a̷̹͆l̴̬̀l̶̫͛ ̶̦̃t̶̘͆h̴͇̄é̸̗ trucks . a̵̤̋r̴͇̕ẽ̸͖ ̶̟̾b̷̙́a̶̛ͅc̴̫̄k̷̝̀ì̶̩n̵̩͐g̷̢̔ ̸̥̔ȕ̸̻p̸̲̾,̶̫̎ College junior David Fernandez said.
F̴̹̒ë̷́ͅȑ̷͜n̵̙͐a̵̛̜n̴̡͠d̷̟͠e̸͈͘z̵͖̕'̵̻̚s̵̝̽ ̴̦̈́r̵̺͒o̸͈͐ò̴̢ṁ̵͔ ̶͙̚ö̵̼́n̶̗̍ ̸̦̉t̴̰͝h̶͖͑ȅ̴̱ ̶̱̓f̵͈̕i̵̥̚r̸͍̓s̶̈́͜t̵͎̿ ̶͈͊f̶͔̋l̴̜̾ǒ̴̧o̵͚͗r̶͚͑ ̵̲̉ḍ̵̇i̶̞̿r̵̗͘ĕ̸͍c̶̨̎ṫ̸̗l̶̮̅y̵̼͑ ̴͉̓f̴͕̕á̵̪c̷̖̈́e̷̠͝s̸̚ͅ ̷̬̀W̵̗̎a̴͍͝l̸͖͋n̵͙̒u̵̜͛t̸͍̏ ̵͖̄S̷̝̃t̷̤̔r̴̡̍e̶̳̊ẻ̵̬t̴̛͓ ̷̖́ă̵̻n̴̺̂ḍ̴͐ ̷̞͝t̴̜̀h̸̥̀e̷̛̘ ̴̼͌a̸̼̐l̴̝̒l̴͎͊e̴̜͂y̷̻͛ ̸͕̍ṵ̶̓s̴̪͌ê̷̢d̶̳̀ ̴̜͝f̵͍͒o̷͇͋r̸̳̀ ̵͍̈́c̸̛̻o̶̥͝ṅ̶̡ș̵̃t̴͚͆r̸̦͘u̵͉͑c̷̝̈́t̴͍̋ì̵͇o̵͈͗n̵̪͑ ̵͎̈v̴̰͊e̴͍͊h̴̳͆ī̷̲c̴͖͑l̶̤̋e̷̜̾ṣ̴̈.̷̫̓ ̵̞̒H̸̲̃è̵̥ ̷͌͜s̴͉͛a̵̢̾i̵̫̒d̴̫́ ̸̹͠h̷̻̏ẻ̵̠ Epstein ̴͙̓h̶̦͛è̴̦a̷͈̋r̵̩̍s̵̖͘ ̸͉̈́l̷̛͇ó̵̺u̵̜̿d̶͖̆ ̴̼͆r̴̦̂u̶͔͊m̶̰͒b̷̰̈ľ̶̯i̴̲͗n̷̩̂g̶̭̃ ̴̻͂f̸̤͝ṙ̴̻o̵͍͒m̵̗͆ ̵̟̃ḣ̷̗u̴̝̚g̵̫̉e̸͖̐ ̵̮̅ẗ̸͖́ṙ̵̩u̸͙̓c̴͙͆k̷̼̏s̷̥͌,̴̢̀ ̸͈̚b̷̺͌ḛ̶͊ẻ̶̲p̶̭̒i̷̟͗n̵̦͂g̶͓̾ ̴̹̐f̴̥͠r̷̮̈́o̸̠͂m̵̡̀ ̴̱͐t̶̫̄r̷͙͑u̷̢͑c̴̦͂k̶̨̇s̶̻̊ ̶͉̿b̴̧̀ȁ̵͖c̸̛̹k̷̹͐ḯ̴͓n̴̪͛g̶̣̃ ̴̼̆u̷̗̕p̵̹̅,̸͇̇ ̸̧͂a̶̫̔n̵͋͜d̸̟̊ ̷͔͘m̸͔͒e̵̘͗t̶̡̀ä̴̱l̵͙̕ ̵̙̐c̴͙͑r̸͈̐a̶͍͗s̵͇̈h̶̨͝ĩ̷̯n̷̜̽g̶͍̾ ̴̹̍w̶̗͂h̶͎͋e̷̥̕n̵͖͝ ̶͕͆w̵̬̓o̸͇̾r̶̪̐k̴̲̚ě̵̹ŕ̸̖ş̸̂ ̵̣̓o̶͕̓p̴̞̓e̵̟͛n̸̩͋ ̷̯̓à̴̬n̵͉̊d̷͙̓ ̶̯͒ċ̸̟l̵̪̂o̵͊ͅș̶̚ê̴͈ ̶̺͌t̴̥̎h̸͓̀ḙ̵̃ ̵̯͠ṫ̴͎ṟ̵̾u̶̅ͅc̵͎̃k̵̭̒ ̴͔͝d̸̙̈́o̶͈͘ô̷̰r̶̺͋ŝ̶̢.̵̞̿
"̵̗͝T̴̟̊h̴̩̐ė̵̱r̵̠̒ë̷̯ ̵̮̕w̶͖͂ä̴̘s̶̺͌ ̷̫̀o̴͇͛n̸̠̈́e̸͜͝ ̶̱̚t̸̞̆i̸͚̇m̵͎̆ë̵̼́ ̶̟̇[̴̗͂ẇ̵̜h̸͇̅e̵͔̋r̷̳̅ė̷̜]̸̠͊ ̶̼̚t̴̜̅h̸͈͂e̶̮̒ŗ̸̆e̸̲̒ ̴̯̉w̷̢͊â̴̙ŝ̷͎ ̶̩͘s̸͈̽ő̶̰m̷̪̎é̵̥ ̸͇̐b̵̰́ì̶̤g̶̘͗ ̴͖̆ê̷̮q̸̥́ű̵͕i̷̯̒p̷̣̚m̵͔̿e̴̘̾n̷͍̎t̶͕́ ̸͇̑t̸̤̊h̵̋ͅä̸̝́t̵̘͌ ̸̟̄ŵ̶̼a̷̹͌ś̷̻ ̸̙̓m̶̹̚ǒ̵̜v̵̙͌i̸̙͠n̷̰͝g̶̨̃ ̸̯̅i̴̮̓n̶͙̕t̷̗͂ő̴̹ ̷̬̐à̷̡ ̵͚̿l̶̜͋ỉ̸̢ẗ̸̰́t̶̰́ḽ̵̚ę̵̚ ̶̣̒s̶̜͗ï̶͓d̵̻̐ẹ̸̊ ̶̙̿ä̴̢l̸͆ͅl̸̪͑e̸͜͠y̷̺̓ ̵̹͛n̸̼̋ȅ̸̺x̵͕͝t̸̩̋ ̴̳̄t̷̬̚o̵̥̎ ̴̦̊ŏ̵͕ư̶͈r̵̛̰ ̷̱̇b̴̝̈́ű̵̞í̵̻ḷ̴͊d̷̈ͅi̸̳̇ń̸̬g̷̬̓ ̶͕͆a̶̞͝ṅ̸͔d̶̪͑ ̷͚̓t̷̹͑h̴̘̅e̴̘͋ ̸̇͜v̸̺̀ị̷̌b̸͖̚r̵̞͗a̶̝̓t̶̞̿ǐ̶̹ô̷̥ǹ̶̯s̸̮̃ ̵̼̿j̸̗̾û̵͜s̴̖͆t̸̥̃ ̷̡͊s̷͔̅h̷͎̀ō̷͔ô̸̱k̵̲͠ didn’t ̶̨̚m̸̭͋ě̶̠ ̴̠͗á̶͓w̶̱̿a̴͉͛k̵͎̑e̴̳͗.̸͎̚ ̸̜̒I̶̗͂t̸͜͝’̴͓́s̴̲̐ ̷̩̊ŕ̷̲i̴̘̔d̶͚͝ḯ̷͉c̸̳͐u̶͍͑l̵͈̅o̷͉̐u̸̖̅ş̴͝,̵̠͝"̴͓͂ ̷̝̉F̴̞̃ē̵͖r̷̻̅n̴̬͑a̵̩̚n̸͈̉d̴̤̀e̵̦͆ż̶̠ ̸̞͊s̸̗͂ȁ̴͇i̶͆ͅd̸̢̽.̵̝̃ ̶̷̪̱̈́͝
C̴̘͂o̶͎͝l̵̹̉l̴̊ͅë̴͇́g̷͑͜ȩ̸͋ ̵͇̍j̷̞͒u̵̢̿ñ̶̢i̶͚̚o̴̧͗ṟ̵̒ ̵̻́J̸̳̋a̸̩͝c̷͕̈́o̶͚͛b̴̦̀ ̵̙͆L̷̤͆i̶̝͗n̸̰̈f̵͓̏e̴̖͌s̵̮̊ẗ̴͉́y̵͉̿,̵͉͊ ̸̳̽F̷̗̑ḛ̸͝r̶̼͋n̷̮͘a̷̘̓ǹ̵̢ḍ̵̊e̷̲͒z̵̬̔'̶̛̱ṡ̶̟ ̷̞̎r̵̪̀o̸͔͝ȏ̸̱m̸̦͂m̴͈̊ȧ̷̩t̷̰́e̴͇͠,̶̖̍ ̵̫͝s̴͍͋a̵̼͗ĩ̴̙d̵͉͆ ̸̨̐t̷̙̐h̸̜͝e̸͙̒ ̴͈͝d̸̾ͅi̶̙̽s̷̮̊ẗ̸̟ų̵̏r̶̜͌b̵̮̎à̵͎n̸̝͋c̵͔͊ë̴͕́s̵̲̈ ̷̣͗u̴̧̐s̶̉͜ú̸̱a̸͔̔l̴̤͊l̶̪̑y̴̭̋ ̶̯̕b̵͈̽e̷̮͠g̸͎̊i̵̮̅n̵̩͂ ̸̰̿a̵̟̐b̴̫̌o̷͙̕ŭ̶͎t̴͖̕ ̸̛̖h̴̥́a̵̠̚l̴͎͌f̷̼̀ ̸͎̇a̷̳̓n̵̤̓ ̶͖͒ kill
h̵̦̊o̷͇͌u̷̗̕ř̵̗ ̸̲̇b̸̠̓e̵̠͋f̷͈͛o̵̧͠r̵̪̂e̷̗͂ ̶̯̔t̶̳͒h̵̦̀e̵͇̍ ̴̝́s̶͕̀ĉ̵̻h̵̯͠e̴̢͛ḍ̴͛u̵̖͗l̸̨̾e̶̦͂d̷̬̐ ̸͚͑s̶͙̿t̸̫̍a̵̹͋ŕ̴̲t̶̨̾ ̴̖̑ṭ̸͂i̴̹̽m̴̫͌ḛ̶̔.̸̣̑ ̸̣̀H̸̞̐ḛ̷̈́ ̷͖̃ṡ̴͈ä̷̧́i̸͖̽d̶̛͙ ̷͕̅s̸̜͛ǫ̸̔m̵̤͗e̵̬̔ ̶̗̂ơ̸̯f̵̣̀ ̸̪̑ť̶̠h̸̬̎e̶͛͜ ̷̝̇ļ̵́ô̶ͅŭ̶͖ḏ̸̈́ ̴̹̈́n̴̜͛ò̶͜i̵̤̓s̷̢̄ḛ̵̈́s̴̺̎ ̴̜͌c̴͓͐o̵̡̊m̴̗͊ȇ̷̞ ̵̲͗f̶͎̊r̴̘͑o̶͇̓m̴̨̃ ̶͉̎t̵͕͌h̵̠͋e̷͚͑ himself ̷̲̕t̶̰̀r̸̡͗u̸̻͗c̵̪͌k̴̤̔s̷͈̈́ ̴̭́t̶̐͜h̴̲̄ḁ̵̽t̷̰̆ ̶̫͒a̵̖͒r̷̯̉è̸̜ ̴̲̍ư̵̰n̵͇̔l̴̤̇ó̸͖a̵̳͠d̷̤͆i̵̮̍ṉ̷̽g̷̜̏ ̶̻̆ë̴͕́q̸͖̅u̷͓̐i̷̱͠p̵̝̉m̴͕̎e̴͈̍n̶̟͗t̴̤̽ ̶͚͐ì̵͉n̸̮͌ ̷̘̑t̴̻̽h̶̖̑e̶̲̅ ̵̝̌d̶͓͘ṝ̷i̷̺͑v̴̠͊e̷̳͋w̴̪̆ą̷͒y̷͔͑ ̸̬̑o̶̭͌u̴̼͑t̴̺͠s̸̤̃ȋ̶͜d̵͖̉ë̷́ͅ ̵͇̚o̶͍͘ḟ̸͜ ̸͔̒D̵̥̄ú̸̝ ̷͐ͅB̸̘̒ô̵̢i̸͚̒s̸̹̚.̸̜̍ ̷̜̈́
Originally announced in November 2017, the completion of NCHW in 2021 will be followed by the implementation of a policy requiring sophomores to live in campus housing.