Coming back from Spring break last week, students are probably refreshed and rested. And why not keep with that tradition upon a return to the University…at least in some form?
Students might not have expected it, but restrooms around campus are being and have been renovated. It looks like the money the University has is actually being put to good use. Let’s just hope they don’t buy big blue signs to label the restrooms.
So far it seems that bathrooms in Breslin Hall, Brower Hall and the Student Center have been or are being re-done. Included in this transformation are auto-flush toilets and motion sensor faucets for the sinks.
The best part though, is that there are no longer any more “curtain stalls,” that is, stalls that have curtains instead of doors. The only thing worse than trying to use one of those is trying to think of the reason they exist in the first place…unless the University likes to give peeping Toms easier access.
In addition to better looking bathrooms, the motion sensor faucets will actually save water. Having these types of faucets actually saves 10 to 50 percent of the water used by manual faucets. Way to think green!
Hopefully the next step will be restoring bathrooms in dorm rooms. Dorm room restrooms are probably the most used on campus. Wouldn’t that be an even better place to try to save water? With motion sensor faucets, the people who like to keep the water running while brushing their teeth will no longer be able to do so unless they want to continuously wave their free hand back and forth in front of the sensor.
In keeping with good progress, let’s hope the bathrooms that are currently being renovated upstairs in the Student Center (rooms 204 and 205) will be done sooner rather than later, as people in the surrounding offices frequently used those. The one smart choice that was made was that the renovation was actually started while students were on spring break so as not to extend the inconvenience (or so we would like to think and hope).
Good job Hofstra. The real question, though, is: will this progress continue in other places throughout the University?