What is going on in the most popular elevator on campus?

In recent weeks, the Jonas Hall elevator has seemingly defied all odds and become one of the most popular places on the Stevens campus.

Beginning around late October, the Jonas elevator started to increase in favor with the population around campus. A bed frame and a Lime scooter were both found within the Jonas elevator. Both of these were found in the span of a couple days. The mystery surrounding the elevator began as it seemed like a bunch of students playing pranks.

However, almost immediately after, many other items were placed in the elevator, such as a recycling bin and a trash can stacked on top of each other, a newspaper stand, and a window screen with a plunger on top of it. Many of these out-of-place items found their way into the elevator, and many people were curious about their origins.

As the curiousness about the elevator continued, an Instagram account called @stevensshitposts began publicizing photos of these items in the elevator. The account helped increase the elevator’s recognition and popularity around campus.

Then, an extreme instance occurred. Inside the elevator, over 100 cups removed from Pierce Dining Hall were stacked inside the elevator with a pepper shaker on top of them. This subsequently prompted a response from the Office of Residential Education.

On November 26, Stacy Flowers, Director of Residential Education on campus, sent an email to all Jonas residents detailing the happenings in the past couple months. Flowers stated, “It has been brought to my attention that there have been on-going ‘pranks’ occurring where students have been placing various items in the Jonas elevator […] First and foremost, we do not want to see any of you get injured while trying to move any of these items from one place and put them in the elevator.” Flowers even gave a list of what had been placed in the elevator.

Later on in her email, in a more strict and stern manner, Flowers declared, “If damages are caused and we are unsure who is responsible, each of you as residents of Jonas may be charged to fix those damages.”

Now, the Stevens community is left to think about one question — Will these “pranks” continue or will they fizz out with the Residential Education response?