That hard up for money?

[Fried Squirrel]

The college needs to find a better way to pick up spare cash. My floor had another meeting because the bathroom door ended up broke again, and the hall director came up with all of these outrageous prices for fixing other things that more than likely broke due to natural causes.

$125 for a door for 2 bathroom stall door seems quite excessive to me.
$400+ to fix the main door again


With the $500 from the last time it was broke, thats around $1150 they milked out of our floor. There is no doubt in my mind that before this semester is out there willl be more "charges".

The college has quite a scam going on. If they did this for every floor for every residence hall, they would be raking in dough. Whatever happened to good old fashioned begging?

[rchif0]

People in our hall set the wall on fire and then ripped all of the carpet off of it.. I doubt most of the problems that occur around here are due to "natural causes" and more to the acts of dumb shits.

[Paco103]

I'd be inclined to believe the "dumb shits" theory, but some of the prices were still quite excessive. Our hall had several charges too though when I lived in Freddy my freshman year, and none of them ended up on my bill when I checked out. I agree that the prices are steep. I just wish we could do more about dumb asses.

[Fried Squirrel]

I doubt most of the problems that occur around here are due to "natural causes" and more to the acts of dumb shits.

One of the stall doors that we are being charged for was in really bad shape when everyone moved in at the beginning of fall semester. it really did come off naturally. The rest, of course, was caused by morons.

[rchif0]

It'd be hard to institute a policy to that would differentiate between people and natural causes.. And yes, they are quite expensive.

[Celtic Samurai]

Get an apartment like a real person.

[Paco103]

Why would you want an apartment? I have the closest living space in the world to the building that I work in and do most of my classes. If I could jump like an olympic athelete I wouldn't even need to use the stairs.

[BeerMePRN]

The college needs to find a better way to pick up spare cash.

damned straight. and they need to find it in other ways than harrassing people like me (and many others) over stupid, bullshit parking regulations. Especially if, with the new garage in progress, the dumbasses didn't formulate some way of compensating for all the cars that would be shoved towards other ends of campus, which aren't doing too well themselves in the meantime. I've about had it with parking here. 60 bucks for a god damned pass is re-fucking-diculous if "no student is guaranteed a spot on campus to park." fuck that.

...sorry for the rant...

anyhoo, yea i'd be a little pissed too with dorm charges in that sort of excess. the only thing i had to do in the dorms is pay like 20 bucks cuz some dude decided to flush an apple down the toilet.

[paula]

Why would you want an apartment?

While I understand that you work right next to your dorm and that's convenient and all, I would NOT move back on campus if you paid me. In the union now they have all of these little things placed on the table, trying to recruit people to live on-campus, and all of the reasons they give why on-campus living is "better" are total BS.

I love living in my own apartment. I can actually have members of the opposite sex over WHENEVER I WANT. No one gets hassled when they come over. No one has to fill out forms if we get back at 3 am, tired as heck, if they just want to crash on my couch. I can cook my own delicious food without having to check out the kitchen key. My friends can come visit me and park right in front of my door and not have to worry about walking or getting tickets. I can have pets. My roommate who is 21 can buy alcohol and actually keep it where she lives!

I could keep going and going, but my point is that if you hate the dorms so much, move out. And if you love the dorms then you're crazy. Haha

[Paco103]

all of the reasons they give why on-campus living is "better" are total BS.

Agreed, at least for >90% of their propoganda

I can actually have members of the opposite sex over WHENEVER I WANT.

I don't have that problem. Of course we live in a 24/7 visitation room, but even before we did that was never an issue for us. Nobody really seemed to care

No one has to fill out forms if we get back at 3 am, tired as heck, if they just want to crash on my couch.

I've been wondering about those. I've heard of them - but never have - and never WILL fill one out. I've never even seen one or talked to anyone else that has. Who sleeps in my room is nobody's business but mine and my room mates - and we tend to get along just fine on that topic.

My friends can come visit me and park right in front of my door and not have to worry about walking or getting tickets.

I agree - that is very annoying.

I can have pets. My roommate who is 21 can buy alcohol and actually keep it where she lives!

A pet would be nice sometimes - something to clean up the crumbs we drop! As far as the alcohol - nobody seems to care too much about that either as long as you're not destroying things. We had an RA that watched guys drink my freshman year and just told them "I didn't see anything"

if you hate the dorms so much, move out. And if you love the dorms then you're crazy

I wouldn't say I LOVE the dorms - but I do LOVE being lazy - and I am crazy! There are still many reasons I'd love to move off campus - but right now they just don't outweigh the laziness factor of living on campus.

[BeerMePRN]

all of the reasons they give why on-campus living is "better" are total BS.

Agreed, at least for >90% of their propoganda

it is indeed bullshit - i [in no way] find the "convenience" of living on campus worth the liberties you piss away by doing so. no offense intended towards anyone such as paco who lives on campus.

My friends can come visit me and park right in front of my door and not have to worry about walking or getting tickets.

I agree - that is very annoying.

god damned straight getting tickets is annoying. it surely doesn't add to the whole theme of "convenience" that they propagate to students. ive lived in the dorms. and, i dont know about you all, but there's no god damned way i was going to park my car in the garage and hike to woods cuz the parking administration is too incompetent to designate proper parking for those who pay out the ass to live in the [just short of] prisons they offer here as room and board.

i'm done ranting. really, i am.

[Paco103]

The parking doesn't really bother me - as I only need my car once every couple of weeks or so anyway - although it does suck for off campus friends that want to come visit. One thing that would be REALLY nice is if they'd lighten up a bit on the lock down time. Why 7pm? Why not 9-10 at LEAST? This is college - nobody is going to bed at 7 - and quiet hours (both in dorms and in pretty much every city ordinance) doesn't start until 10pm anyway.

I in no way take offense to your statement though. If I ever got hassled about a lot of what they COULD hassle me for, I'd probably move off too. However my room mate and I pretty much just ignore the rules, and nobody has ever said anything as long as we're not causing trouble - so we stick around because we're both lazy. If I ever had a room mate as bad as some of you have had, or an RA/hall as bad as some of yours, then I wouldn't be sticking around either