HALIFAX, NS— Over the course of her eight years as an undergrad at Dal, the most important thing Heather Long learned was how to protect her secret campus washroom.
The traps were discovered last week when a first-year student was injured while trying to access one of the washrooms in the basement of the Chase building. Upon opening the door an iron flung down from the ceiling and struck them in the forehead.
DAL Health said the student was relatively okay as the iron was not preheated, but they are recovering from a minor concussion. The student—who wishes to stay anonymous—told The Mackerel that they “just wanted to take a shit,” and did not expect to be assaulted by a Rube Goldberg machine.
“All is fair in love and war,” says Long in response to the incident. “That has been my spot for the past six years and I’m not about to let some first year walk in and take that away from me.”
This is not the first time that one of Long’s traps has been discovered. At the beginning of the year, another student pissed themselves after being shot in the groin with an airsoft gun trying to access the same washroom.