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DormAid helps MU cope with stressful college life
Issue date: 8/28/07 Section: Editorials
For those typical Miami University students who are disillusioned with the fact that their dormitory room does not resemble a suite at the Hilton, DormAid is coming to the rescue. For a mere $59.95, DormAid-a new service not affiliated with the university being offered to Miami students-will travel far and wide to clean a dorm room the size of a large closet. And as an extra bonus, if the pictures on their Web site are to be believed, the maids resemble waitresses at Hooter's more than they do an actual cleaning crew. DormAid also boldly claims to save Miami students time from cleaning their room or doing laundry-giving students more time to focus on academic work and the social aspects of college life. Finally a service exists in DormAid that saves students from all the precious time they waste on cleaning their rooms top to bottom.
The helpful services provided by DormAid are truly instrumental for all college students. From backing up computer files to the persona delivery of bottled water, DormAid is now there for all Miami students, or at least those who can afford $29.95 for the delivery of water. After all, most Miami students are simply too high class and busy to be forced to travel to a dorm lobby to use the public vending machines. How degrading. As the DormAid Web site astutely observes to underscore the importance of bottled water delivery: "Dehydration is the number one cause of fatigue." What is not known is how many of those people suffering fatigue from dehydration are Midwestern college students.
Miami students will no longer have to use the shanty laundry rooms of campus dorms with the help of DormAid. Social interaction will dissipate, as more privileged students will not be cornered in the laundry facilities by the unruly masses.
Computer backup is also a key issue for Miami students. External hard drives and flash drives are just not sufficient. Million-dollar trust funds require a great deal of disk space and again DormAid is there when Miami needs it most. Hours spent tirelessly downloading music from LimeWire will never be lost again and all those bank account passwords will be easily retrieved.
With such positive reforms made at Miami, perhaps we all will see the day when all dorms have bellhops and a concierge desk. Until that fateful day dawns, DormAid will simply have to do. Of course, not all Miami students will be able to afford these services and dorms were once a housing environment in which people of all socioeconomic backgrounds were on equal footing-but that era is in the past thanks to DormAid.
The helpful services provided by DormAid are truly instrumental for all college students. From backing up computer files to the persona delivery of bottled water, DormAid is now there for all Miami students, or at least those who can afford $29.95 for the delivery of water. After all, most Miami students are simply too high class and busy to be forced to travel to a dorm lobby to use the public vending machines. How degrading. As the DormAid Web site astutely observes to underscore the importance of bottled water delivery: "Dehydration is the number one cause of fatigue." What is not known is how many of those people suffering fatigue from dehydration are Midwestern college students.
Miami students will no longer have to use the shanty laundry rooms of campus dorms with the help of DormAid. Social interaction will dissipate, as more privileged students will not be cornered in the laundry facilities by the unruly masses.
Computer backup is also a key issue for Miami students. External hard drives and flash drives are just not sufficient. Million-dollar trust funds require a great deal of disk space and again DormAid is there when Miami needs it most. Hours spent tirelessly downloading music from LimeWire will never be lost again and all those bank account passwords will be easily retrieved.
With such positive reforms made at Miami, perhaps we all will see the day when all dorms have bellhops and a concierge desk. Until that fateful day dawns, DormAid will simply have to do. Of course, not all Miami students will be able to afford these services and dorms were once a housing environment in which people of all socioeconomic backgrounds were on equal footing-but that era is in the past thanks to DormAid.
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Johnny Wadd
posted 8/28/07 @ 4:05 PM EST
Wow, this should do wonders for our reputation as an overgrown prep school for the privileged. Grow up people. Part of college is learning to fend for oneself. (Continued…)
Janis Dutton
posted 8/30/07 @ 1:54 PM EST
I wonder if Littlejohn and his employees are paying local income tax? There are also local contractors that may be cheaper.
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