L Is For Laughter at Pulley Hall

Living with twelve strangers for an entire year might not sound too appealing to everyone. Yet, to the girls on the first floor in Pulley Resident Hall, it brings something new and exciting every day. Being a part of this discourse community means that the girls and I share a threshold for membership, common behaviors, language, goals and beliefs, and a way of communicating. Bonding as a group and growing closer to each other was a challenge to begin with, but became easier as our common goals and interests surfaced. Laughing together, along with laughing at one another, has truly been the key that has united us as not only a floor in Pulley Hall, but as friends.

To become a member of Pulley Resident Hall, one must be accepted into The University of Southern Mississippi, apply and be accepted for housing, and register and choose the residents hall, floor, room, and roommate of choice. Once accepted onto the first floor of Pulley Hall, we must learn to live with another person, or roommate that was placed in the same room, who is commonly a complete stranger. A behavior that is extremely important on our floor is respect. Each girl must respect one another and treat each other as a sister or family member. Being quiet and cleaning up after one’s self is also not only respectful, but helps keep our living environment sanitary and orderly.

The leader of our first floor in Pulley Hall is our RA, or resident’s assistant, Mimi. She makes all the rules for our floor and makes sure we follow them. She is responsible for our actions and for punishing us when we make the wrong choices. Her leader is also our hall director, Gabi. She controls all the RA’s and makes sure that they are keeping their floors on track. At the en...

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Comedy is the perfect word to describe the first floor of Pulley Hall. It is our source of amusement and entertainment. When we all get together for hall meetings, we cannot even have a serious conversation and our meetings always seem to get dragged out because we cut up and joke around nonstop. I always look forward to being in the dorm with all the girls because it always seems to turn even the worst of moods upside down.

To the first floor of Pulley Residents Hall, comedy and laughter is our stress reliever and a source of daily amusement. It is what brought us together as a community and what continues to keep us close. Comedy and laughter describes our hall and the many experiences we have had as a floor because we truly value one another’s sense of humor. Without it, I do not know how we could possibly get through each and every day.