WASHINGTON - Administrators at George Washington University caused controversy on Saturday when, upon reflecting on the latest ways to torment the student body, they commented they were considering additional mandatory trips to the famous home of the university’s namesake at Mount Vernon.

“Yes, yes, that will show them!” commented Professor Chillingsworth, in charge of the university’s infamous department of pure evil.

“They will stand there, with nothing to do! It will be pitch-black, with concentration camp-style floodlights the only source of light!” he continued. “Indeed, and we’ll specifically arrange it so they do not know one another, so they’re standing around, in the dark, with a bunch of functional strangers!”

“Bwahaha!”

Every single student organization has registered an immediate and hostile reaction, threatening an immediate retaliatory coup d’etat in the event of a second trip to the colonial estate.

“This time, the department of evil-doing has gone too far,” explained Greg Lanyard, of the Student Historical Society. “First they outlaw dancing, and now this?”

Early estimates predict that the administration will, once again, not provide any food or drink whatsoever, for no apparent reason, and that approximately 12% of the student body, as such, will die of starvation over the course of the night.

 Students are, however, reportedly very excited to once again be able to chat with none other than Ben Franklin himself.