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I would like readers to refer back to that article at thesting.org to see my reasons why it is to me a safety concern, and remind readers that in that article I stated, “Housing made it clear that the UCUR (Unwanted Contributions to the Uglification of my Residence) distribution is in violation of a slough of rules and breaches the cleanliness standards they wish to establish here. I am not going to throw rocks at our Housing department in this article. I cannot say with surety that they were even aware of the situation, and it would be unfair to assume that they were. Only time will tell if they attempt to reign in the situation surrounding these individuals who come to campus to advertise. To Housing’s credit, the sign is still posted (albeit abused, but pictured with this article) clearly stating, “No Soliciting” in the Commons parking lot.”
Time has told, and as far as Housing dealing with the situation, I rate them F-. Nothing has been done to curb the steadily increasing amount of paper trash being strewn about my residence.
It has become clear to me that their concern for “community” cleanliness and rules that they relayed in their communication with me was just telling me what I wanted to hear so I’d go away as one less problem. That’s simply unconscionable.
I know from other situations that have arisen with Housing, and from speaking with others, that they frequently refuse to speak to students face to face about their petitions. Rather they seem to prefer impersonal email as their medium. Only now do I realize that I was going about the menu issue all wrong by speaking to them face to face. I failed to afford them an opportunity to write an impersonal note.
Therefore this short piece is an invitation for Housing to write a statement for The Sting as to state of their solicitation enforcement efforts for all to see. (And no, the “Housing Herald” does not count.)
