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...College required DormAid??s leaders to obtain the approval of every House master before launching the service at Harvard, a process that took five months...
...businesses find the waters of Harvard’s bureaucracy so smooth. According to David A. Eisenberg ’07, DormAid??s chief operating officer, the company encountered “resistance from the administration.” Beginning in early April of last year, the company’s executives entered into nine months of meetings with the Deans, all of the house superintendents, each of the house masters, and several other administrators...
...recent weeks, there has been a great deal of attention paid to DormAid??a student-run business that will soon be providing professional cleaning service on campus. The issue of running such a business on campus is a complex one and should not be judged lightly. The following is the case for DormAid, provided in an effort to foster a better understanding amongst students and administrators about what DormAid is and why it will provide a valuable service to the Harvard community...
...criticisms of DormAid??s presence are understandable, but do not outweigh the benefits the service provides. Although it is true that the service will cost money, it is unlikely that the hiring of a cleaning service will be as economically divisive among the student body as more demonstrable forms of wealth such as cars, clothes, big screen TVs, satellites, laptops, desktops, stereos, iPods, and so on—the list is inexhaustible...
...viable option for the former. As the 20th century has proved a disastrous experiment for Marxism and centrally-planned normative dictates, our campus should be respectful of our fellow students’ freedom of choice and not unreasonably prescribe personal consumption preferences as social ideals. It is DormAid??s mission to increase the quality of life on campus. We hope that in the coming months, that goal will be apparent, realized, and supported...