Word: dorme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...response to complaints, Dorm Crew leaderscan only promise that all efforts are being madeto fill the empty positions...
After class some students head to the athletic field. Others rush off to one club meeting after another. Still others...clean bathrooms? These students have joined the "crew" that does no rowing. Rather, the 140 hardy souls in the Harvard dorm crew are paid to clean. Divided into 16 House teams led by fearless captains, these students get their workout scrubbing the floor next door...
There is some variety to a dorm crew routine, and some perks as well. Crew workers choose between dry work, taking out trash, sweeping and mopping; or wet work, cleaning bathrooms. Surprise--most workers say they prefer the bathrooms to the hallways...
...Dorm crew work is better than most students might expect. The high wages are attractive, but the tasks--like scrubbing other peoples' toilets--sway many students into accepting less messy desk jobs. Dorm crew workers make the best of their environs...
There is an advising network among dorm crew workers, but also in the friendly banter between workers and residents of the suites they're cleaning...