Jeffrey Dahmer had already committed his first murder before he ever set foot on The Ohio State University campus, although that wouldn’t be known for another couple of decades (via University District History). By the time he enrolled in 1978, he was also an alcoholic, living alone in his estranged parents’ home and directionless. His parents, keen to see him do anything at all with his life, enrolled him at the venerable institution.
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According to The Lantern, rumor has it that he lived in Morrill Tower, specifically in room 541 (University District History claims that it may have been either 540 or 541); although why that’s rumor and not verifiable fact is unclear (perhaps OSU’s student housing records don’t date back to the Carter administration, or perhaps simply no one has thought to look). Dahmer’s time at OSU was brief: Attending class was his lowest priority, at the bottom of the list after getting drunk and wandering aimlessly around town. After failing most of his classes and earning a GPA of .45, he was sent packing.
