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Civil Engineers’ Corner
Smokin’ in the dorm rooms
Mötley Crüe’s 1985 hit “Smokin’ In the Boys Room” not only has a catchy title, but a catchy chorus as well. Interestingly, most of the residents in the dormitory were born around 1990, five years after this song hit the billboards. What does this have to do with smoking in the dorm rooms? Absolutely nothing, except now I have your attention.
Smoking and smokeless tobacco are prohibited in and around the dormitory campus, except in designated smoking areas, which are the gazebos. Every day, countless cigarette butts are picked up from in and around the dormitory campus.
Although many are picked up around the gazebos, another large portion is found outside day room windows and in empty bottles inside dormitory rooms. This kind of negligence increases the potential risks of fire and ultimately threatens lives. Additionally, the smell is a definite annoyance. It’s overbearing in many cases and the average cost to deep clean the room and steam clean the carpet is approximately €300.
Ask yourself: Can I afford the risk of a fire or the cost to professionally clean the room? I know I can’t, so do the right thing and take it to the smoking area.
For more details, call Master Sgt. Laura Salazar at 480-3676.
