A former student at Hunter College in New York City refuses to leave her dorm year more than two years after she dropped out of the school. According to the New York Post, Lisa S. Palmer owes the college "$94,000 in unpaid residence hall charges."
Palmer has ignored multiple eviction notices, and the college is taking her to court in an effort to force her to leave the 100-square-foot apartment. The school sent her an eviction notice telling her that she had until Oct. 31, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. to vacate the dorm.
She told the Post that she has no intention of leaving and will fight the lawsuit.
I plan on fighting the lawsuit and while I fight it, I’m going to stay.
She disputes the school's claims that she dropped out. She says the school refused to let her register for classes in 2016 after a dispute over her housing and tuition bills.
I felt that it was a miscommunication initially, but after I met with the dean I felt that they were starting to treat me unfairly. It was like, ‘Get out.’
The school says that only "full-time students who maintain a minimum grade point average and keep current on their room and board fees can stay in the dorm." The cost for a single room is $6000 per school year.
The Independent reports that Palmer is not the only person the school is trying to evict from the building. Hunter College is also trying to remove nine nursing students who have been using the dorm room of a 67-year-old nurse as a "crash pad" for decades.
Palmer says the school moved her to the same wing of the building where the 67-year-old nurse lives in an attempt to isolate her.
Palmer, who first enrolled in Hunter in 2010 after a stint at St. John’s University in Queens, said dorm life is “really lonely” for someone in her 30s.
“I feel very isolated,” she said, noting that Hunter moved her to a wing that’s only occupied by a middle-aged nurse, whom the college is also trying to evict.
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