Benjamin Fortin does not mince words when discussing Ogg Hall, a University of Wisconsin-Madison dormitory where he lived last year.
“It was no fun,” the sophomore said with a sigh. “I was on the bad floor.”
A socially conservative, practicing Presbyterian, Fortin was turned off by the drinking, smoking and general troublemaking that went on in the dorm. He craved a more serene place to lay his head.
As the university’s Presbyterian ministry sees it, Fortin is not alone. The ministry, known as Pres House, is spending $17 million to build a private residence hall for the university’s students of faith.