2008 Woodie Awards
Moving out: Hassle for some, relief for others
By Matt Georger
Rocket Contributor
Issue date: 5/4/07 Section: Focus
Mark Glaser, a 19-year-old undeclared freshman, also thinks moving out will be a painful process. He has noticed his room shrinking all year, and now he has to pack it all up and take it back where it came from - his parents' house.
"Every time I came up (from home), I brought more stuff," Glaser said.
He said he hopes "a bunch of boxes and a big vehicle" will be enough to transport all of his things.
And though a number of students will be able to haul their belongings home, not everyone is able to take everything with them when they move out.
Every May, garbage bins and dumpsters around the SRU campus are filled with items that many would not consider to be trash. Students part with desks, televisions, carpets and more, simply because they don't have enough room in their vehicles to bring them home.
But, as the saying goes, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and for those who believe in not letting good things go to waste, "dumpster diving" becomes a popular hobby for many students and local residents.
Travis Snyder, a 20-year-old sophomore communication major, said he and his friends have stocked their dorms and their parents' houses with things left behind by other students.
"At the end of last year, I found a TV, a refrigerator which I took home and a microwave, which I use now," Snyder said.
But he said that students are not the only ones benefiting from "dumpster diving."
"My friend's step-dad drives around with a van and trailer and gets TVs, computers, vacuums," he said. "If he can't use them, he sells them or uses them for parts."
Snyder said he has already received a phone call from a friend asking if he was going "diving" again this year.
But Snyder's not the only one who has participated in such activities.
Although his apartment is almost bare now, Miller said he was an avid "diver" during his time at SRU.
"I got half the stuff in my apartment (by 'dumpster diving')," he said. "A table, desks, bookshelves. I think it's something everyone should do."
He is not alone in his thinking.
Josh Ford, a 19-year-old undeclared freshman, has a room full of belongings, but said he could still use some more important things.
"I don't have appliances," he said, "and they still work, so why wouldn't I take them? It's like the Salvation Army, except you don't have to pay."
"Every time I came up (from home), I brought more stuff," Glaser said.
He said he hopes "a bunch of boxes and a big vehicle" will be enough to transport all of his things.
And though a number of students will be able to haul their belongings home, not everyone is able to take everything with them when they move out.
Every May, garbage bins and dumpsters around the SRU campus are filled with items that many would not consider to be trash. Students part with desks, televisions, carpets and more, simply because they don't have enough room in their vehicles to bring them home.
But, as the saying goes, one man's trash is another man's treasure, and for those who believe in not letting good things go to waste, "dumpster diving" becomes a popular hobby for many students and local residents.
Travis Snyder, a 20-year-old sophomore communication major, said he and his friends have stocked their dorms and their parents' houses with things left behind by other students.
"At the end of last year, I found a TV, a refrigerator which I took home and a microwave, which I use now," Snyder said.
But he said that students are not the only ones benefiting from "dumpster diving."
"My friend's step-dad drives around with a van and trailer and gets TVs, computers, vacuums," he said. "If he can't use them, he sells them or uses them for parts."
Snyder said he has already received a phone call from a friend asking if he was going "diving" again this year.
But Snyder's not the only one who has participated in such activities.
Although his apartment is almost bare now, Miller said he was an avid "diver" during his time at SRU.
"I got half the stuff in my apartment (by 'dumpster diving')," he said. "A table, desks, bookshelves. I think it's something everyone should do."
He is not alone in his thinking.
Josh Ford, a 19-year-old undeclared freshman, has a room full of belongings, but said he could still use some more important things.
"I don't have appliances," he said, "and they still work, so why wouldn't I take them? It's like the Salvation Army, except you don't have to pay."
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