“No one really expects to see a super clean room in a dorm. But have you ever thought about how clean your room actually is? Many students found things like strange odors, moldy air conditioners and filthy carpets upon arrival to residence halls this past August.”
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No one really expects to see a super clean room in a dorm.

But have you ever thought about how clean your room actually is?

Many students found things like strange odors, moldy air conditioners and filthy carpets upon arrival to residence halls this past August.

Most dorms claim to have student-accessible cleaning supplies, but often those supplies are either unavailable or broken.

You would think with a cleaning staff at every residence hall that dorms would at least be vacuumed, wiped down and rid of items left from previous students.

However, when students moved in last month, many were surprised to find extremely dirty carpets, clogged bathtubs and old food behind wardrobe cabinets.

Some have even claimed that they found mold in their air conditioners after searching for the source of their illness during the first couple weeks of school.

Remember when you were told to clean your room when you were younger?

Well, there was a reason for it. More and more cases of student illnesses are being reported, and there is reason to believe that it is because of the cleanliness of our living facilities.

When rooms are not cleaned, bacteria grows and the air becomes contaminated with germs, which is making our students sick.

So what happened to those student accessible supplies?

You can’t tell me that it is acceptable to have one vacuum for over 500 students that doesn’t even work.

Where is the cleaning staff and what are they doing to keep the dorms in order?

Residents are told to call maintenance to come fix any problems they have with their rooms, but what is the point if you have to leave a thousand messages and wait forever until they can get around to it.

And how well do they actually take care of what is causing your turmoil?

It seems as if no one cares how clean our residence halls are, besides those who are getting sick, of course.

The ultimate question here seems to be what can we do about our dirty dorms?

Do we complain or spend money we don’t have on products that we should already be supplied with?

Where is all this money that we pay to live here going if not towards our health and safety in a clean environment?

Perhaps it should be on a higher list of priorities here at Akron since it is directly affecting students who pay good money to get an education, not an illness.

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