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Wein Hall
Kendra Crook, Alum, Staff Member
Columbia College 1995


As a member of the women's basketball team, I was required to stay on campus during Christmas Break. During my sophomore year, I lived in Wein in a single with my best friend across the hall. Campus was so empty during the holidays that I was lonely and complaining to my best friend, who was home with her family in Massachusetts. One night on my way back from practice, as I approached Wein, I looked up to her window as I always did. I was shocked to see for the first time in two weeks that her light was on! I ran the rest of the way to Wein, past security, up five flights of stairs and threw open her door to find her laying on her bed reading. I have never been so happy to see a light on! And to this day, whenever I approach the east side of campus, I look to see if Sarah is home.

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