Torian Topel woke to popping and crackling noises just before 2 a.m. Oct. 25. Through the crack in her room-darkening curtains in the bedroom of her houseboat, docked on the Mississippi River in St.
Cold rooms—also known as cold-air dorms, CADs, or cold airs—are spacious, quiet, and dimly lit areas in sorority and fraternity houses, furnished with multiple bunk beds to accommodate members for ...