“I think the zoning is annoying, especially to see all the other people who are in earlier zones posting about how they finally have hot water back,” Bommarito said.

Bommarito is somewhat better off, with her older sister having an apartment near the campus and the ability to take warm showers there, whereas most of the other students in her dorm have to deal with cold showers. 

“Even with my sister nearby, I do think it is annoying to have to ask her to come pick me up and drive me there just so I can take a shower,” Bommarito said. “I might try out the mobile showers tomorrow just to see how it is.”

Emails that were received on Sept. 25 left students frustrated with their situation. Mason-Abbot residents senior Quinn Sodman and freshman Makena Frye received an email alongside others in their building as well as those in Snyder-Phillips, stating that their dorm would not be restored until Sept. 27, due to the home football game that was taking place the day before. 

“It was just upsetting to see them prioritize the non-dorms, like Wells Hall and the packaging building, instead of fixing the water situation in areas where students are living,” said Sodman. “I pay a lot of money in tuition, and then to be told that I won’t have hot water and now it will be coming up on a week with no hot water, I’m not happy about it.”

 For certain students, the act of ‘sticking it through’ a freezing shower is not an option. Sodman is one of them.

“I have asthma, and the last time I took a cold shower, it sent me to the urgent care with an asthma attack,” Sodman said. “Luckily, my grandma lives nearby in Okemos and I was able to shower at her place.” 

Due to the long wait, MSU has recently introduced mobile shower units that students can use as a temporary option for hot showers; however, this accommodation was still not enough for some students. Frye took the opportunity to try them out after they were moved from Brody neighborhood, only to have an experience that she was not promised. 

“The staff was very nice, but I got in the shower and at first there was no water," Frye said. "It was me along with another girl in the trailer and we were pressing the button for the water. It had turned back on thankfully, but it was as cold as the showers in the residential buildings without hot water.”

Frye had to wait ten minutes of her scheduled fifteen-minute interval for the hot water to work, only allowing them a total of five minutes to shower.

With the situation that has been going on for more than a week for some students, it is a larger issue than some people are taking it to be. There is a lot of frustration that is circulating among students who are still without hot water; they feel as though they were not handled the way they should have been. The lack of hot water, as well as the miscommunication on MSU’s part, is agitating them.

"This whole situation as a whole makes me feel as though they are just seeing the students for how much they are paying in tuition rather than actual human beings,” Frye said. “It feels as though MSU is picking and choosing where they should prioritize restoration; they decided to not meet us after having a set order with the zoning. And then we are told that they have wet wipes for us to use. It felt like an extra slap in the face."

Many students are still struggling with the effects of the power outage that has lasted for over a week. Frustration has not waned for those who do not get to experience hot water in the showers, while washing their hands and even lost the ability to do their laundry. The lack of hot water is not something small for many students and affects their day-to-day life more than some realize.