OK, let me start by saying congratulations because you’re all coming in at the time of SHU’s takeoff. However, you are all making it a bit annoying for us upperclassmen who find ourselves outnumbered and overtaken at every given moment.
1. We walk into our favorite dive bars and suddenly can’t find familiar faces
When I was a freshman I didn’t dare to walk into the upperclassmen scene at the glorified dive bar on Main Street. I knew my place was at the sketchy New Haven clubs because I hadn’t earned my Golden Star privileges. Now I find myself there asking, wait ... is this really G-Star?! I see about five people of age here, for the first time we’re actually annoyed they aren’t more strict with IDs. Not to mention the number of you that try to pile in, you’re just ruining it for yourselves too because the cops are on the way.
2. You're the reason we have no parking.
As if there weren't a lack of parking spaces already, now we’ve lost all of North lot because SHU is building you a new dorm. Not to mention the number of you that somehow get your cars on campus too. We don’t need any more parking tickets for double parking; please walk from Merton to the Pitt. It’ll help you in the long run I promise.
3. You're overflowing into bridgeport rentals.
We had to live on campus until junior year, now you underclassmen are being forced to live off campus and not only overtake us at SHU but in Bridgeport too. More of you throw parties (and get tickets because you’re all underage) than we do. Upperclassmen almost don’t hate you for this though because you’re taking the heat for the parties as we go home ticketless to continue drinking at our houses with our clique.
4. Registration and classes are consumed by you.
We might get earlier times to register now that we’re upperclassmen, but there are more underclassmen filling the seats and hallways than ever before. We rush to get on the roster of that required class we never passed, rush to our seat in the back of the classroom and rush out of class to find someone we actually know after it’s over.
5. The hookup culture is real.
There’s no hiding the fact that there are a lot of good-looking girls and guys that are underclassmen. Usually the upperclassmen guys don’t mind going for a freshman girl, but the upperclassmen girls aren’t typically going to go for a younger guy. Although this doesn’t affect SHU as a whole too much, the naive freshman girls are swamping our guy friends' parties and bedrooms, and the freshman guys are tricking us girls into believing they’re actually of age in order to get our number at Azur ... which you actually call Dreamz and blow your cover. Our luck with finding a good relationship is slim to none with you party animals.
6. You give SHU a bad rep.
When you outnumber us, your actions set SHU's reputation for the most part, and let's just say you're not doing too well at upholding a good standard for yourselves. One clear example of this would be that Bridgeport locals and cab drivers all think we’re idiots. We upperclassmen need cabs to go to Stamford, Sono or to the train station on the weekends to go out and be around people of age. I was told that some of you are calling cabs to take from Merton to Oldtown parties ... enough said.
For all of the underclassmen reading this, I don’t actually hate you or think you’re ruining SHU, you're kind of helping put it on the map with the growing population and campus. HOWEVER, we’re just a bit annoyed at these major points and are actually jealous you have the next four years here with the new advances on campus and the number of people in your grade that you get to grow with. If you could just leave G-Star to us so we can say our proper goodbyes this year, we’ll be much happier with your existence.
