back at su, michael gathers the students in the lobby of the dorm. he tells them about the dog attacks, that he will walk them over to the library in five minutes, and that the campus will be evacuated in the morning. the students do not take michael seriously, but grudgingly agree to his orders. one of the students named cory tells michael that cory's roommate, the overweight howard kaplan (barry greenberg), was hungry and went to the cafeteria. there, howard finds milk and rolls, but is quickly confronted by two barking dogs. michael arrives and tells the panicked howard to throw the food to the dogs, which he does. one of the dogs goes after the food and michael attempts to shoot the other. he turns out to be out of bullets, but he disables the dog by striking it with the rifle. he and howard leave and head for the dorm.