A report released on March 32, obtained by The Kitten, states that the green space next to The Dish at McAlister, McCabe and Holmes dormitories is currently haunted by the old student union.
The union, also known as the Edgar A. Brown University Union, was demolished in the first half of 2024, along with Johnstone Hall and Harcombe Dining Hall.
The goal in 2024 was for the space to be intended to operate as a park in the middle of campus once the demolition was completed.
Currently, the space is filled with nothing but weeds, concrete stairs, and layers of gravel.
Despite the increasingly prevalent issue of parking inavailability for commuters, the area is to remain a green space.
But that’s not all.
The space is currently stalked by the spirit of the old union building. An anonymous junior recently reported hearing bowling pins clatter around midnight, though Clemson Facilities confirmed that the lanes no longer exist.
The student apparently heard “Nice shot!” from a voice that was close, yet somehow distant and muffled. No one else was around to confirm.
A current first-year student who had never attended the University when the union even existed reported that, while walking from the Core campus dining hall to their dorm in McCabe, they suddenly had the urge to play pool.
“I’ve never even picked up a pool stick in my life. I don’t know what a cue ball is. But I immediately had to go to my room, and I spent the entire night researching. Now, my reels page is nothing but pool strategy,” the student told The Kitten in an interview.
Another anonymous student said she was tanning on the green space when she felt someone touch her foot, but no one was there. “I was so scared, it felt like someone was trying to grab my foot, so I fled,” she said to The Kitten.
Among other reports of students veering off the concrete path in efforts to follow a nonexistent hallway, or stopping in the middle and reaching out for a door handle, only to be met with fresh green air or the slap of a knuckle on concrete, concern at the administrative level is growing.
Clemson Building People has not issued an official timeline for when the site will stop behaving like a building. Despite the current classification as an “outdoor green space,” the Building People have noted that it additionally operates “historically indoors.”
“We aren’t sure what is going on; however, we do know that something is lurking in the shadows, and we will get down to the bottom of it,” Bob the Builder, Building People manager, told The Kitten in an interview.
Until further notice, the former student union will remain operational exclusively in spirit, and students are encouraged to use the space as intended while remaining aware of any urges to bowl, play pool or rush to pick up their mail.
