Students gain maintenance responsibilities
Thomas Currey
Issue date: 9/11/08 Section: News
Hill and fellow resident assistant Catherine Wood of Waterman Residence, both seniors, are responsible for hiring student custodians under the new system.
Murphy, who started cleaning at the Dow House Sept. 4, expressed enthusiasm for her new job.
"I was looking around for a job, and when Elise e-mailed me about cleaning, I just thought, 'Oh, well, that's easy enough!'"
Long, who started work at Waterman Sept. 6, expressed similar sentiments, though she said she will miss talking with the dormitory's more traditional housekeepers.
"I appreciate the fact that they want us to take on more responsibility and help offset the cost of attending here, but the housekeepers here that I can remember have always been very sweet," she said.
Phetteplace said the college retained its entire custodial staff from last year, and the housekeepers previously responsible for Waterman and the Paul House will assume duties at other facilities across campus.
Hill credits the addition of student custodians at the Paul House to her two predecessors as resident assistant, juniors Marissa Farrell and Winnie Gardiner.
"The reason that they thought it would be a good idea in this house is that it would encourage people to take more responsibility for community living and ensuring that the area is nice for everyone," Hill said.
Wood, who asked Coker and Long if they would be interested in working as housekeepers, said she is more than happy with the new system.
"They both always take care of everybody, and they always are the ones who, even though it's not their night to do the dishes, do the dishes for other people anyway," she said.
Wood hopes the addition of student custodians will encourage residents to take even more ownership over their own living space.
"Waterman is a dorm, but in some ways, it works like a house, too," she said. "It'll help the girls to consider it more as a home, and take care of it as if it were their own."
Murphy, who started cleaning at the Dow House Sept. 4, expressed enthusiasm for her new job.
"I was looking around for a job, and when Elise e-mailed me about cleaning, I just thought, 'Oh, well, that's easy enough!'"
Long, who started work at Waterman Sept. 6, expressed similar sentiments, though she said she will miss talking with the dormitory's more traditional housekeepers.
"I appreciate the fact that they want us to take on more responsibility and help offset the cost of attending here, but the housekeepers here that I can remember have always been very sweet," she said.
Phetteplace said the college retained its entire custodial staff from last year, and the housekeepers previously responsible for Waterman and the Paul House will assume duties at other facilities across campus.
Hill credits the addition of student custodians at the Paul House to her two predecessors as resident assistant, juniors Marissa Farrell and Winnie Gardiner.
"The reason that they thought it would be a good idea in this house is that it would encourage people to take more responsibility for community living and ensuring that the area is nice for everyone," Hill said.
Wood, who asked Coker and Long if they would be interested in working as housekeepers, said she is more than happy with the new system.
"They both always take care of everybody, and they always are the ones who, even though it's not their night to do the dishes, do the dishes for other people anyway," she said.
Wood hopes the addition of student custodians will encourage residents to take even more ownership over their own living space.
"Waterman is a dorm, but in some ways, it works like a house, too," she said. "It'll help the girls to consider it more as a home, and take care of it as if it were their own."
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