@jym626 is right. If your TV were to get broken while in the common area, I doubt anyone would admit it, especially if one of their friends broke it. If these kids plan on hosting any parties in the common area, that TV will be particularly vulnerable.
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Yes, this is true. But SURELY the housing office people aren’t nitwits, so why can’t they think: “hmmm, we have this one building where the units each have a much bigger bedroom. Maybe we should allow students to choose those bigger rooms by PAYING more.”
New Hall
larger bedroom (16 x 12) $3500 a semester
smaller bedroom (13 x 11) $3000 a semester
Is that so hard???
The idea of allowing “the person who shows up first” to pick, just is bad for morale. I would think that Housing offices would want to avoid “things starting on the wrong foot.”