Student Housing Debacle at Seattle's UW University Dorms

I watched Fox News tonight.  I'm not proud of it, but it came on and I couldn't resist the story they were offering up on student housing, which showed blatant stupidity on the part of the University of Washington's student housing department.  I really hope someone will get very fired over this, and I rarely hope for people to get fired.  Check out the video:

 

Anywhere from 12 to 30 in a room and they're only apologizing for the doors not locking properly?  Really?  Apparently, it doesn't take a college education to work for the college, because if I remember correctly, you have to take a math course of some sort and I'm sure that basic addition and subtraction is part of that course.  If you have space for 500 students and you accept 600 students...hmmm.  I'm not the best with math but even I know that's not going to compute.

What do you think?

Posted by Heather Blume at 10/8/2009 10:33 PM
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  • 10/9/2009 8:48 AM Chad Nuttall wrote:
    I don't know enough about the story or the policies of the University. However I could guess that:
    - they have a residence guarantee - otherwise it would be easier to turn away applicants than house them in lounges
    - late applicants were were likely given the option to move into a lounge and took it.

    Those are my thoughts.

    C
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    1. 10/9/2009 10:07 AM Heather Blume wrote:
      Even with a residence guarantee, Chad, there had to be better options at their disposal.  And one has to wonder about the possible multiple violations of fire code, etc.  Thanks so much for reading and commenting!
      -Heather

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