[Vision2020] Free Laundry for UI Residence Hall Students

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Friday 21 August 2009 06:23:44 Tom Hansen wrote:
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> MOSCOW, Idaho – Starting this fall, University of Idaho Housing will offer
> free laundry to its residents. In the past, students either used funds on
> their Vandal Card or quarters to pay for their laundry.
>
> "We think that students will appreciate this added amenity this fall and
> hope that it makes their stay in University Housing that much better,"
> said Ray Gasser, director of University Housing.
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Well done, University Housing. One would guess that maintaining the quarters 
collection service, the VandalCard system programming and electronics, and 
answering student questions about how it all works, or doesn't, would cost 
more than just doing without the financial laundering in the first place. So, 
it's a win-win-win situation, with the University saving overhead dollars, 
the students not having the cost or the hassle of token payments for clothes 
laundering, and local businesses and banks not having to maintain extra rolls 
of quarters in cash registers and business safes to satisfy requests for 
laundry tokens.


Ken