There was a good vibe at Holland College’s residence during the power outage

By Daniel Brown

Nov. 30, 2018

Students living in Holland College’s residence were more social during yesterday’s power outage, says a residence life adviser.

Adam Shambe is an RLA at Glendenning Hall. He’s in the Sports and Leisure Management program.

Students living at the campus residence in Charlottetown were interacting with one another more during the citywide power outage on Nov. 29, he said.

“It made it a good vibe.”

A Holland College student enters Glendenning Hall on Nov. 30, 2018. Daniel Brown photo.

Students were talking, playing cards and listening to music in the hallways. Some were getting to know new people, he said.

Students normally stay in their rooms, especially during exam time. Because of that, Shambe feels it was good there was an outage.

“[It got] all the students out, you know, interacting with one another. Getting to know each other,” he said.

Terry Chand played UNO, a Crazy Eights-style card game, during the power outage. He lives at the residence, and is studying Computer Information Systems.

He and a group of friends wanted to play hide and seek throughout the building, but unfortunately it wasn’t allowed. They settled for playing UNO, he said.

The residence hallways are normally empty, but that wasn’t the case during the outage, he said.

“On each floor you might see one or two people sitting in the corner with their flashlight, probably talking.”

Most people didn’t want to risk leaving the residence, as the room key device wasn’t working, he said.

“The power turned the front door off.”