Porch Profile
The Ladies of 324 Stonemill
January 25, 2010
Flyer News: How is life on 324 Stonemill treating you?
Jessica Schroeder: We like to rage.
Ashley Miller: Amazing.
Audrey Leeker: So fun.
Kate Poeppelman: We couldn't have asked for a better house for senior year.
AM: Best house, best location, best neighbors.
FN: What should everyone know about you or your house?
Angela Westerheide: Most of us have been together since freshman year. Audrey joined us last year. She's a great edition.
AM: It's like she's been here forever.
KP: We're pretty tight.
Elyse Grothouse: We're inseparable.
AW: We have several roommate songs.
JS: Sophomore year it was "Six-Pack Summer."
AM: We love calling ourselves "the six-pack."
KP: Junior year it was "How Can We Be Lovers?" by Michael Bolton.
JS: And our house lives at Milano's. We're friends with the bartenders.
FN: Finish this sentence: When your friends stop by 324 Stonemill, they can always find...
AW: "Housewives" and "The OC."
KP: Bravo is always on.
AW: Tons of food. Our freezer is always stuffed because of me. I like to buy all the things on sale.
JS: And keep it for the whole semester.
AW: You can usually find our neighbors over here as well.
JS: We're probably the closest duplex on campus.
FN: Do you have any house traditions?
AM: The 12th day of every month is musical day. We try to sing everything all day.
AW: We were obsessed with "Hairspray" sophomore year.
AL: We always do something special
for birthdays. Like the opera, dinner, a toga party.
AW: We use our mirror to write messages to each other ... And Kate writes chores on it every week.
KP: I like a clean house. We have a chore wheel.
AW: It's actually a great invention. We should give it to the entrepreneurship majors. It'll be in the bookstore next year.
FN: What's a must-have for a 324 Stonemill party?
AW: Good friends. We don't really like that many randoms. We don't like huge, huge parties when you can't get through. We like to be able to talk to people and socialize.
KP: At midnight, we ditch our party and go to Milano's.
AW: Especially on Fridays.
JS: Or Saturdays for the DJs. Or Thursdays.
AL: Or Wednesdays.
KP: Or Tuesdays.
JS: Basically we're living it up our second semester.
FN: What's your most memorable moment at 324 Stonemill?
AM: Our Celine Dion dance party.
AW: One Sunday afternoon we opened the windows and turned the music all the way up and were dancing.
JS: Ribbon dancing.
FN: When you open your fridge, what's usually in it?
EG: Too much food.
KP: A lot of leftovers.
AW: We eat pretty healthy.
EG: Frozen meals.
AW: I don't like those.
JS: Maybe they don't like you.
FN: What's the biggest perk about living here?
AW: It's close to the Rec. Close to Frericks. Close to the bars ... And we love our neighbors.
EG: They're our best friends. We're inseparable from them.
AW: It's so big too for having people over. It's nice.
AL: This is the St. Regis ... The Plaza Hotel of Dayton.
KP: I don't know if I'd go that far, but this is one of the nicest houses on campus.
FN: Anything else you guys want to share?
AW: We just made a bucket list.
KP: We have a lot of things to do ... Like go to Masque downtown.
JS: I have to sled down Stuart hill before I graduate.
EG: We want to open the Hills together.
KP: Throw a fake bachelorette party.
AW: One was going to every bar on campus in one night.
JS: I want to do a nine hole in the library. In case anyone else wants to join.
FN: Any final thoughts or philosophies?
EG: I think something our house is really good at is work hard, play hard.
KP: Don't change your major seven times in your college career.
AL: And ... Let's rage.