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...students in some Houses have been chafing over the recent switch in toilet paper. In Dunster House, students who had grown accustomed to the soft touch of Kleenex Cottonelle—truly the ivory tower of TP—have been disappointed by the recent loss of this brand. In its place is Scott Surpass (also made by Kimberly-Clark), but the touch resembles that of a porcupine and puts an end to all profound thought...
...Sciences William C. Kirby has called “a time of serious constraint.” Yet both organizations which supply the Houses with TP denied that rumor. David Lepold, whose company Unicco supplies some of the Houses, said that Dunster’s switch to the Scott brand “must have been a fluke in the ordering...
Toilet paper distribution for the rest of the Houses is handled by Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO). According to Robert Wolfreys, a supervisor for FMO who oversees Dorm Crew, Scott is the brand distributed to most of campus. Xpedex, which distributes the toilet paper to most of FMO gets a special price on Scott from the manufacturer because the University buys so much of it. So residents of FMO-supplied Houses have been suffering—to the detriment of their intellectual musings—under the rough touch of Scott for quite some time...
...They’re deep in all their weapons,” Brand said. “They do not have one weak spot whereas we have maybe one or two guys who are really strong and a third guy that doesn’t have as much experience...
Kathy Schreiner, VP of human relations for the company, hesitates before coming up with, “It’s a unique culture at Ralph Lauren. It’s about the brand. It’s about the family.” Standing beside her, the three others nod. “We all get very caught up in the brand,” Mitchell adds. “You have to love product...