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From emails from your RA and Campus Security to running into them firsthand in the parking lot, we have all heard about the bears. It’s best not to engage with the bears, as they don’t like to be bothered and are slightly cranky at all times. Keeping your distance is the best option, so I had to find another way to get the scoop on the bears.
What are they up to? Is there really something yummy in the dumpsters of gross college kids? I had to find out, and so I began to leave notes taped to the back of the dumpster with a smear of peanut butter on it. Soon enough, I began to notice pieces of paper strategically stuck to the sides of the garbage can in front of Kerst. Upon further inspection, it was actually an old Jimmy John’s wrapper with words scraped on it in mud, addressed to me. Thus begun my correspondence with Chester, the local black bear.
Chester has been visiting the St. Scholastica campus for many years now. In fact, it’s one of his regular stops. His favorite dumpster is outside the Greenview Dining Room. If he finds remnants of fried ravioli or sweet chili chicken, he knows it’s going to be a good night. He will admit that he’s a bit disappointed when it's just a bunch of lettuce. He hates lettuce.
Chester and his friends, Glen and Leif, enjoy going on their evening walks when the stars are the brightest and the air is the coolest. The campus has gone to sleep around this time, which Chester appreciates because he is terribly shy. He adores his friends and their energy, but when he needs some time alone, he takes a peaceful stroll through Gethsemane Cemetery. He finds it quite serene.
So if you see Chester, give him a nice smile from a distance and let him be on his way. He hates how his ears droop when he’s embarrassed, and it would be kind to spare him from that humiliation.
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