July 31, 2007
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EDITORS NOTE: You may reproduce all or part of the following tips for on-campus living prepared by the staff at Rutgers Universitys Division of Housing and Conference Services. Please credit Rutgers. For more information, call Patricia Quinn, media specialist, Rutgers Housing, at 732-932-1059.
MUST-HAVE ITEMS FOR CAMPUS LIVING
From A to Z, Rutgers housing staff offers checklist of top 100
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NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. Perhaps one of the most memorable college experiences is moving on campus for the first time. As the saying goes, It all starts at home. If college is the microcosm of life, then student life begins in on-campus housing.
Students first college experience can be a pleasant one with some advance planning. Rutgers housing experts have created an alphabetical checklist of 100 items students should bring and made some suggestions on what to leave at home. Before investing money and time in shopping and packing, students might want to take a tip from Rutgers housing: Roommates should discuss dividing the responsibility for bringing certain items, such as televisions, telephones, rugs and audio equipment before arriving for the start of the semester.
Top 100 items to bring to campus:All housing assignment information
Alarm clock
Aspirin or other pain reliever
Backpack
Baseball cap or other hat for bad hair days
Bathrobe
Bathing suit
Belts
Bicycle
Blankets
Calculator
Can and bottle opener
CDs
Cell phone
Cleaning items
Clothing to last until the first trip home
Comforter or bedspread
Computer and printer
Contact lenses and solutions
Cotton swabs
Crates for storage
Cups, plates, utensils, and napkins
Deck of cards
Dental floss
Deodorant
Desk or other reading lamp
Dictionary, thesaurus, writers guide
DVD player and DVDs
Envelopes
Extension cords under 6 feet with surge protector and power strips
Fan
First-aid kit
Flip-flops for the shower
Food
Fun-Tak to hang posters
Glasses
Glue
Hair care products
Hairbrush and comb
Hangers
Highlighters
Hygiene items
Iron/ironing board
Jeans
Jackets - light and heavy
Laundry bag or basket
Laundry detergent and fabric softener
Mirror
Money for books, food, entertainment, school apparel
Music
Nail clippers
Names, addresses, phone numbers and policy numbers of medical, credit card and auto insurance companies
Open mind
Pajamas
Paper clips
Patience
PDAs (Palm Pilot, Blackberry, etc.)
Pens and pencils, pencil sharpener
Perfume or cologne
Pictures, posters
Pillow(s)
Prescription medications
Quilt
Radio and/or stereo
Razors
Room decoration
Rug (although some rooms have carpeting, rugs are a great way to show off your sense of style)
Ruler
Scissors
Sense of humor
Shampoo and conditioner
Shaving cream
Sheets (extra long twin) and pillowcases
Shoes
Shorts
Shower caddy
Slippers
Sneakers
Soap and plastic soap dish
Socks
Stamps
Stapler and staples
Sweatshirt
T-shirts
Tape
Thermometer
Thumbtacks
Tissues
Tool kit
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Touch-tone telephone and answering machine (bring a telephone book, too)
Towels
Tupperware
TV
Umbrella
Video games
Washcloths
Watch
Yearbook from high school as a conversation piece
Zest for learning
What to leave at home:
Housing officials want you to be comfortable and safe in your on-campus home, so check with your college about their policies. In most cases, the following items are not permitted for safety reasons:
Cooking and heating devices, such as electric toaster ovens, broilers, skillets, hot plates, hot dog and hamburger cookers, electric woks, rice cookers, immersion coils, hot pots, microwave ovens, space heaters (Note: Many schools provide a mini-refrigerator and microwave in dorm rooms. Before arriving to campus, students should confirm what appliances are provided by the college.)
Wall hangings made of burlap or other flammable materials, tapestries, fish netting, flags
Candles, incense
All flammable and combustible liquids, including art supplies such as thinners
Chemicals
Electrical wiring that is homemade or otherwise modified or transformed
Extension cords exceeding 6 feet
Lofts, liquid-filled beds or similar structures
Light dimmers, ceiling fans
Combustible or plastic lamp shades or light fixture covers
Torchiere-type lamps with halogen bulbs
Traffic and road signs
Contact: Nicole Pride
732-932-7084, Ext. 610
E-mail: npride@ur.rutgers.edu
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