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...turned out, much of the year consisted of various members of Lionel having shocked and traumatic reactions to the rest of the dorm. In one rooming group, all four of the roommates had vastly different views on whether and when they should rotate among the best and worst rooms in the suite, and the disagreement nearly came to blows. Meanwhile, on the first floor, Jeff, who grew up on a farm in rural Vermont, could not comprehend his roommate Manny's relationship with Suzy, the girl next door. Suzy, who had led a tough life growing up in a troubled...
...several cases, the gap between individuals and the rest of the group seemed insurmountable. Shawn, above all, was someone that everyone liked a good deal, but only eventually grew to realize they could not save. She was instantly likeable, and entered as Lionel's only certifiable celebrity; she had been a regular on the children's television show "Zoom," and was often recognized in the street. She was quiet yet friendly, and everyone considered it entirely in character when on her birthday she gave out presents to everyone else in the dorm. But behind the composure, residents of Lionel soon...
Such widely different backgrounds and world views often made communication difficult between the various members of Lionel At times. It was a literal inability to communicate Gary recalls that Robb's girlfriend's mother had a Boston accent that was so thick that when she called, he took messages that said her name was "Korea," rather than "Currier," as he later realized it was. At other times, it was a case of bizarrely mixed signals. While there was no doubt that Suzy was kidding, there was also no doubt that Jeff, who was considerably smaller than her, was legitimately afraid...
...some cases, there was little communication at all. Many members of Lionel remember that Tim, the Indiana Mennonite, bad trouble talking with other members of the dorm. Carol recalls that when she and Tim once talked about rape, her feminist views and his religious ones clashed so violently that the discussion eventually had to be broken up by force. Others, however, remember how little Tim ever said. Gary perhaps noticed it most, since he and Tim drove west together over several vacations. "We drove west for 15 hours and he'd say absolutely nothing," Gary recalls...
...difficulties in communication often extended to families of Lionel residents. Gary recalls that he had never spoken a word to anyone like his roommate Scorch's mother. He remembers that when she called, she would be just as happy if Scorch wasn't home, so she could barrage his roommates with a seemingly inexhaustible series of questions about him. "She always had all those questions," he says. "Does Scorch have lots of friends? Is he happy? One time, I felt like saying. 'Yes, he's happy, he's not on the phone with you. I'm unhappy...