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...lottery pick. It’s the main building, meaning the dining hall is the closest and can be easily accessed via the basement. Some of the suites also have large common rooms and views of the River that residents will appreciate. There is the occasional sighting of a cockroach or some matter of small insect, but this usually ceases after the first few weeks...
...goes without saying that your home will never be dust-free, but there are ways to reduce your own dust loading - and it's important that you try. Dust mites, which feed on shed skin, produce allergens that are known triggers for people suffering from asthma. Same goes for cockroach dust, especially in cities. No one needs much convincing about the wisdom of getting rid of arsenic, and the good news is that about 80% of it can be removed simply by cleaning floor dust regularly...
DeWolfe: 1. Conveniently located overflow housing for students in various River Houses. Comes complete with MTV, dishwasher, refrigerator, bathtub, and bay windows. 2. You and everyone else will subsidize these luxury condominiums by suffering in cockroach-infested, cramped doubles when you’re sophomores...
Jonathan Ames is a fiction writer, an avant-garde performer and a celebrity journalist who happens to be dating Fiona Apple. His new book The Double Life Is Twice as Good is a hodgepodge of stories, articles, diary entries and even a cartoon about the time he found a cockroach in his bathtub. The book's central narrative, an old-fashioned private-eye story with a film-noir-ish feel, has been turned into an HBO series that is set to debut in September and star Jason Schwartzman. TIME talked to Ames about writing, his new TV show...
...MOST CONFUSING JOKE was an email addressed to Weld residents from "Yard Ops." The e-mail claimed that a cockroach infestation had sprung up in Weld, and that budget cuts would force Yard Ops--as opposed to a legit extermination service--to handle the situation. The kicker? Residents were told that they should "please remove any used kitchen equipment, snack foods, dirty laundry, or other potential insect attractors from [their] room." Namely, staples of any college room had become an instant no-no. Or so some residents thought...