Saturday, February 18, 2012

New Residence Halls Built Out of Free T-Shirts

Fulfilling a growing need for on-campus student housing, Resident Life officials announced yesterday that a new residence hall will be constructed completely out of free T-shirts for next semester.

"We really see this as a step forward for us, our students, and the waste disposal industry," Resident Life deputy director Mark Hamilton said. "We were looking for a way to rid ourselves of some Maryland Day apparel from 1998, and thankfully we came up with this idea. Otherwise, we might have had to donate them."

The growing need for on-campus housing had been held back by the high costs of traditional housing. The current budget allows little for construction, with funds going to such projects as

Act Like You Know, Zoom, and Mote-yland ad campaigns. However, the new building will have a maximum cost of about $70, with cost overruns of $2-4 if XXL shirts are used.

The eight-story high-rise will be located on North Hill in the scenic Prienkert Field House District. Many have suggested naming it after a prominent Maryland graduate; current con- tenders for the dorm’s name are Connie Chung Hall and Boomer Esiason Hall.

Fears of the unstable nature of T-shirt architecture were put to rest with the revelation of similar tactics used on other campuses. The University of Washington recently built an entire community out of used L.A. Gear Sneakers, while more than half of the buildings at the University of Miami were built out of overstock Zubaz pants.

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