The Collegian

Issue date: 11/6/08 Section: Focus

1. Lacking wireless Internet on half of campus. Students think the lack of wireless is ridiculous, since the campus is small enough to easily make it so. Many have said it would be nice to have wireless in at least dorm lobbies and basements, if not the entire residence.

2. Horrible cell phone coverage. Students agree having little or no coverage from certain companies is obnoxious. However, junior Jacquie Desmond suggested a solution: "[Hillsdale] need to build their own tower."

3. Uncooperative classroom projectors. "They seem to malfunction more than they should, for being as expensive as they are," sophomore Kale Manuel said. Senior Gavin Phelps added, "Professors always complain about them, and they delay class."

4. No darkroom for photography. This is a huge setback for students, especially for art majors. Gavin described the loss of the dark room as a loss of art to which digital photography doesn't fully measure up.

5. Overzealous automatic urinals. Manuel heightened the fright with a vivid description and demonstration of how the technological difficulty of the automatic urinals turns a simple purging act into a complication. "If they could just put a button on the urinals, I wouldn't have to sacrifice my enjoyment of a good pee, to maintain the cleanliness of the Hillsdale bathrooms, particularly their urinals," he concluded.

6. Problematic printers in library. Students find their difficulty to connect to the computers frustrating.

7. Difficulties with the big TV in the Grewcock Student Union. Sophomore Kennedy Meier says the settings are constantly messed up, and the most common problem is picture without audio.

8. Lack of temperature control in dorms. Freshman Joshua Koczman says, "My heater gurgles at me, and I lose sleep due to the noise." Phelps adds that in Simpson Residence, "It's either blasting heat or AC."

9. No ventilation in the old snack bar. Freshmen Maria Lams and Joshua Koczman brought this to light, and strongly believe ventilation should be installed for the sake of bringing back indoor smoking.

10. Broken downstairs door of the Grewcock Student Union. Freshman Drew Larsch best describes the disappointment, saying, "You always get up to the door hoping in two seconds your balls will stop freezing, but you're let down."

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