Sophomore Phillip Ensler, a Hatchet columnist, criticizes the University’s Housing Program’s decision to make Thurston the home for substance free, honors and engineering students.

After reading about GW Housing Program’s plan to house a variety of student communities in Thurston Hall next year, I could not help but laugh at the absurdity of having substance-free students living in the place unofficially dubbed “Thirsty Thurston” by GW students. The decision to place such a community in Thurston is obtuse for a range of reasons and is inconsiderate to the living preferences of those who seek to live in a substance-free living space.