Brophy Hall

Brophy Hall is part of a combo of halls at Ferris State, sharing a lobby with McNerney Hall. The de-facto hall for beginning students, it was primarily centered around criminal justice students.

Dozerfleet history
Brophy is most notable for its basement in the spring semester of 2008. For an "action assignment," the Dozerfleet founder and hallmate John DeBruyn traveled to Brophy, to rehearse getting John into the role of Prince Volkonir.

Filming was cut short, however, due to disruptions from rowdy Brophy Hall residents. Several women there asked if the camera were there to film Girls Gone Wild, and began making inappropriate sexual gestures toward the camera and crew. The hostile environment prompted the crew to abandon Brophy Hall, and try to flee without the camera equipment being damaged. John abandoned the role of Volkonir because of this incident, being traumatized by the Brophy ladies' acts of sexual aggression.

John's lack of willingness to play Volkonir moving forward, plus actress Bethany Haase's later decision to abandon playing Cassie Helm in order to go to more bars, led to Volkonir getting put on the shelf as a film. Instead, the prequel Volkonir Journals: Attempt #43 was shot at the house in Grand Ledge.

Further viewing

 * Brophy Hall on Google Maps