Word: dorm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest fear is that every house will become a dorm where everyone hangs out with their rooming group," he says...
There are many ways to work toward a fire-free campus environment without banning menorahs in student dorm rooms. The dissemination of information is one very practical approach. Pamphlets on fire safety may be door-dropped to students. Hillel could be asked to offer a session on menorah lighting tips or to e-mail safety precautions to its extensive computer mailing list. More physical precautions could also be taken. Aluminum trays can be made available at house superintendents' offices or in the dining halls...
Besides the extreme nature of the menorah ban, it also seems somewhat hypocritical in light of other University policies. Students are currently permitted to light fires in their dorm room fireplaces, as long as the necessary precautions are taken. Many dorms permit smoking, an activity with great potential for starting fires, as was made evident in Dunster House before spring break. Further, each house and every new apartment on DeWolfe Street is equipped with a full kitchen, including appliances with definite fire potential...
...pretty good idea," said John R. Brooks '97, who is a Crimson editor. "Not a whole lot of people use the JCR. This will probably turn it into a real dorm hangout...
...Dean might argue that dorm rooms are not private property since they are not private property since they are owned by the College. But neither is a rented apartment the property of the tenant-his or her lease is contractual based upon the maintenance of the property, not the conditions under which it must be maintained. The rub is precisely in this realm of tenant rights. If the Dean's objective is to totally outlaw fire from students' rooms, then he would have to ban fires in the fireplaces, the smoking of cigarettes and the use of house kitchens...