TV in Dorms Question? & another dumb Question

steelerfan513
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:48:43 +0000

The university provides basic cable service in the rooms. I don’t know if the one TV rule is strictly enforced in all dorms (one room on my floor has two TVs), but, at least in Mark Twain, there’s only one working cable jack in each room anyway. Don’t worry about a DVR; any TV I watch that isn’t live sports I watch online anyway. There are enough websites that a DVR shouldn’t be necessary.

Also, I have two sets of towels, and they last me at least a week, if not two. Just a general rule of thumb: if it isn’t a necessity, don’t buy it yet. My room is still populated with three Purel dispensers and other various items that I have no intention of ever using. Get what your kid will need for sure and let them get to Walmart/Target to buy anything they forgot they needed; even if they don’t have a car (like me), they’ll make friends with someone who does. I’m almost always able to make a run to Walmart every week to get bread because I’ve stopped eating lunch in the dining halls.

I recommend the idea of shopping in St. Louis. You’re just about guaranteed to find everything you’ll need, whereas if you go to Columbia and realize after a few days that you forgot something important, it may not be as easy to find. My parents and I shopped in the Brentwood/Clayton area and found everything we needed.