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Say it ain't so: bed risers must go
Maya Brown
Issue date: 11/4/09 Section: Life
Chances are that when you came to the Mount freshman year you attempted to pack up every single thing you owned to cram into your new dorm room. But what you thought were just a couple of bags and boxes of things turned out to be way too much stuff to fit in your tiny dorm room.
You probably tried everything to avoid sending things back home, and in order to create more storage you may have even brought out out the bed risers: those great elevating tools that rise your bed for some much needed extra storage.
The dorm rules and regulations were the last things on your mind as you sought out ways to make your room feel more like home. One of the most neglected among these rules is that bed risers are not permitted.
You read it right. Not only are students not allowed to use things like cement blocks or any other substitute as a riser but they also aren't allowed to use the bed risers purchased from stores.
Jennifer Lenfant, Associate Director for Residence Life, explains that the Mount's policy states that, "Lofts and [any] types of room partitions are not allowed because of the risk they pose to students in the case of collapse and the damage they cause to University facilities". The majority of beds on campus have the ability to be raised to different height levels and for those that do not, the Physical Plant Office provides a limited number of lofting kits available.
For those students who have bed risers that were not provided by the Mount they, "…should take the bed risers home as they should not be used here on campus", says Lenfant.
Surprised? "This isn't a new policy… for lofts not to be provided by the University being prohibited", Lenfant further clarifies.
Sophomore, Sarah Brown had already bought bed risers from Bed, Bath, and Beyond and says, "If I didn't have then [bed risers] then I would lose a lot of space. I was unaware of the policy and I was very upset about this because it saves me so much space in my room." Brown, who lives in Pangborn, continued, "My room is so small I need all the space I can get".
You probably tried everything to avoid sending things back home, and in order to create more storage you may have even brought out out the bed risers: those great elevating tools that rise your bed for some much needed extra storage.
The dorm rules and regulations were the last things on your mind as you sought out ways to make your room feel more like home. One of the most neglected among these rules is that bed risers are not permitted.
You read it right. Not only are students not allowed to use things like cement blocks or any other substitute as a riser but they also aren't allowed to use the bed risers purchased from stores.
Jennifer Lenfant, Associate Director for Residence Life, explains that the Mount's policy states that, "Lofts and [any] types of room partitions are not allowed because of the risk they pose to students in the case of collapse and the damage they cause to University facilities". The majority of beds on campus have the ability to be raised to different height levels and for those that do not, the Physical Plant Office provides a limited number of lofting kits available.
For those students who have bed risers that were not provided by the Mount they, "…should take the bed risers home as they should not be used here on campus", says Lenfant.
Surprised? "This isn't a new policy… for lofts not to be provided by the University being prohibited", Lenfant further clarifies.
Sophomore, Sarah Brown had already bought bed risers from Bed, Bath, and Beyond and says, "If I didn't have then [bed risers] then I would lose a lot of space. I was unaware of the policy and I was very upset about this because it saves me so much space in my room." Brown, who lives in Pangborn, continued, "My room is so small I need all the space I can get".
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posted 11/09/09 @ 12:30 PM EST
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"If I didn't have then [bed risers] then I would lose a lot of space. I was unaware of the policy and I was very upset about this because it saves me so much space in my room. (Continued…)
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