I raised my closed fist and pounded on the metal door making the dry erase board shutter and sending loud thumps echoing down the empty hall. When I heard no movement inside, I did it again.

After the fourth time, some other girl opened her door and peeked out at me. When she caught my angry glare, she jumped back inside her own dorm room and slammed her door.

I was about to knock for the fifth time when suddenly, the door swung in, opening wide.

"Jesus, what?" My daughter's college roommate stood there taking me in, with wide eyes. "Mr. Keller!"

I looked her over from her hair, wild...