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End-of-year cleaning
can prove challenging
Students share experiences about
cleaning and offer tips about how
to deal with damages and stains
Jonah Schrogin
Freelance Reporter
While the prospect of moving can be ex
hilarating, the thought of cleaning a resi
dence hall room or an apartment before
moving out may be more than depressing.
Some students risk getting fines or losing
their cleaning deposits for neglecting their
rooms. Students must find various ways to
mend the damage, from nasty stains to
clouds of dust.
“The end of the year is just not as much
fun (as moving in),” sophomore Terry Si
riphatnaboon said. “You’re pissed off be
cause you’ve just had to go through finals,
and studying for that is
hell, lhen you have to -
spend hours and hours
trying to clean up your
room in between studying
for finals.”
She said it takes sever
al days to completely
clean a room.
“You don’t even realize
how much junk you
crammed into this room
until you try to clean it
out,” she said. “Everything has to be spot
less; everything has to be gone.”
In the residence halls, damages are as
sessed according to the Room Condition Re
port that all residents fill out at the begin
ning of the year. If the custodian finds
damage in the room that was not originally
marked in the Room Condition Report, res
idents will be charged accordingly.
Another campus veteran, sophomore Greg
Bilstad, had some advice about avoiding fines.
“If you put anything like tape or adhesive
on the window sill, or around the window,
you’re going to need to scrub for a long time
because the sun bakes it on there,” he said.
He suggested using Windex or other liq
uids that help dissolve substances that stick
to the walls or windows. Some other things
he found helpful include using white correc
tion fluid to cover up holes in the wall and a
gob of sticky tack to collect sticky remnants
on the wall.
Other residence hall residents had ideas
about how to avoid damage charges, such as
flipping the bed board upside down in order
to hide stains and moving the upper bed
board to the lower position to hide scratch
es. Residents also suggested using Oxi Glean
to remove stains on the carpet, using a wet
sponge to loosen tape the sun has baked
onto the window and filling holes in walls
with toothpaste or putty.
Some damages to the room are easy to fix,
but others like stains and broken furniture
are more difficult.
“The barbecue sauce is going to be pretty
bad,” said freshman Robert Stroup, who
stained the area around his desk while
watching a DVD. “(It’s) all around the com
puter. It’s the only place to eat when you
watch a nice DVD.”
Students living off campus also may have
to do extensive cleaning. Some residents
have an easier job cleaning than others.
Sophomore John Robinson-Wilson is mov
mg out or a tour-bedroom
house with hardwood
floors. He said the hard
wood floors are much
easier to deal with than
carpets because there
aren’t any stains.
In contrast, senior
Josh Herr will have his
hands full when it comes
time to clean his two
bedroom apartment. He
said there is red hair dve
on the ceiling because his roommate’s girl
friend left the cover on a bottle, and it ex
ploded. He is planning to repaint it.
Herr said he has a dog and a cat, and at
times the pets leave unwelcome surprises on
the carpet. Trash is also piling up on his
deck, and some of the trash bags are leaking,
making an awful stench. Herr’s plan is to
take the garbage bag and “run like hell” to
the garbage bin to avoid excess leakage.
“All of our mishaps are from love,” he said.
Junior Greg Bresnitz, who lives in a two
bedroom house, also has a big job on his
hands. He said he has not cleaned his roof
gutter the whole year.
“The leaves decomposed in the gutter, and
the seeds took root and became a garden,”
he said. An assortment of plants and grasses
now are sprouting on his roof.
Whatever type of cleaning is required, stu
dents need to be prepared.
“Start early, because it takes twice as long as
you think it will,” junior Rachel Osofsky said.
Jonah Schrogin is a freelance writer for the Emerald.
"You don't even realize
how much junk you
crammed into this room
until you try to clean it
out"
Terry Siriphatnaboon
sophomore
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