Re: Mold Forces Students From Dorms: Emory University

[Guest guest]

Quick, someone needs to inform the college students that they shouldn't be

eating the sheetrock. The CDC and Emory University are neighbors, either

teaching at one or working at the other.

If inhalation is not a concern and the mold is inside the walls, why are they

being evacuated? Sounds like to me that Redd is doing more sheetrock

munching then anybody. Oh, it must be that brain fog.

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> Mold Forces Students From Dorms

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> Hoff reports

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> http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=70203

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> Reported by: Hoff

> Web Editor: King

> Last Modified: 10/6/2005 7:44:16 PM

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> While many Emory University students are studying for midterms,

> nearly 150 freshmen are either moving or getting ready to move out

> of their dorms.

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> " My room's been very damp, bath towels and everything, " said Emory

> freshman Tzou.

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> Freshmen at Emory's Turman East and Turman North residence halls say

> they've been dealing with a moldy problem.

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> University officials say they didn't discover a leaking roof in the

> 25-year-old buildings until students were moving in a month ago.

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> " There was visible mold inside the wall cavity. Not visible in the

> room, but inside the wall cavity. And we realized we had very high

> moisture content. Higher than normal. Too high for occupancy, " said

> Bob Hascall of Emory University.

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> Now they're moving out, many of them to the Century Center Marriott,

> four miles away.

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> They'll get maid and laundry service, HBO, continental breakfast and

> shuttle rides to campus all paid for by the university. But some are

> far from satisfied.

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> " I think it's a hassle and it's ridiculous. We paid enough money

> here that we shouldn't have to check into a hotel, " said freshman

> Goldstein. " They should have checked out this problem

> before. "

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> Many students are moving out tomorrow. They'll be gone for the rest

> of the semester.

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> University officials promise they'll return to a cleaner, dryer and

> healthier dorm. Although it won't have room service.

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> Some of the freshmen who have to move are asking that the university

> waive the ban on freshman cars on campus. Tuition, room and board at

> Emory University adds up to about $40,000 a year.

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