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[AKAK]

Well, obviously water leaks are bad (though I had one in my dorm when I was a soph come to think about it, had totally forgotten), but the kids who got the Holiday Inn rooms were pretty happy with them.

But yes, I'm not sure what the thought process was there but I think they bought it like 15 years ago.

 

[AKAK]

And apparently the students are now getting email spam from ambulance chasers looking for kids who live in that dorm/hotel to represent.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

And apparently the students are now getting email spam from ambulance chasers looking for kids who live in that dorm/hotel to represent.

Pure nuisance suit unless these kids have documented cases of some type of respiratory ailment that came on after they moved into the dorm.

 

[AKAK]

Pure nuisance suit unless these kids have documented cases of some type of respiratory ailment that came on after they moved into the dorm.

For sure. And I explained to her that you'd have to have actually suffered some injury for those kids to get actual compensation, but the whole thing is a mess to the degree that these people are spending their time chasing those cases.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

For sure. And I explained to her that you'd have to have actually suffered some injury for those kids to get actual compensation, but the whole thing is a mess to the degree that these people are spending their time chasing those cases.

Doesn't absolve the university though. They need to get their shit together. I damn well know we have more than enough money to tear down that 50 year old hotel and build a proper dorm in its space.

 

[AKAK]

Doesn't absolve the university though. They need to get their shit together. I damn well know we have more than enough money to tear down that 50 year old hotel and build a proper dorm in its space.

Well, maybe you'll get a two-fer here, a smaller freshman class (and I mean even smaller than autumn '23, even if its just say 500 fewer) and a new dorm because I have to think remediation here has got to be expensive to the degree that along with maintenance, a new dorm has to look pretty attractive. I would assume that they could pack more kids into the same footprint with a more "dormy" layout as well.

Edit: Yes, I understand that the speed required of such decision making is... unlikely.

I would also add that its pretty big property and they might be able to add more services on the ground floor, like a smaller cafe etc. I think the one thing they are probably worried about is that property has a lot of parking so, and we all know they want more of that as well, that's a revenue generator too...