By midnight, most Hollis South residents were back in their rooms, showering, talking or sleeping off the day. Few seemed to have relished the evening spent out-of-doors.
"It just basically sucks," said Soyoun K. Song '98.
Nieman, who inadvertently caused the entire mess, planned to spend today at a bar mitzvah in Montreal, Canada.
In fact, the item of clothing hung on the sprinkler head was the tuxedo shirt he had laid out for the ceremony.
"I'm definitely sorry for the hassle, and for any damage done," Nieman said. He will preserve the oil-stained t-shirt he was wearing at the time, he said.
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"I think I'll save the shirt as a testimony to my stupidity," he said.