From broken doors to malfunctioning elevators, Princeton students continue to face maintenance issues in their dorms due to ongoing delays in addressing routine repairs spanning multiple residential colleges.
The University resolves maintenance issues through Princeton University Facilities’ work order system. Students file their concerns through a form posted on the department’s website, which is then routed to the respective maintenance shop. However, many students have voiced concerns about the efficiency of the maintenance process.
Nayrouz Tantush ‘29 shared her experience with a broken dorm door in the Forbes Annex with The Daily Princetonian. “I opened the door and a little screw fell out. We had to take a command strip and put the top latch on,” she said.
Tantush also claimed that a malfunctioning Annex shower door had collapsed on her while she was showering.
“I went to open the shower, and the whole door fell on top of me. I was terrified,” she said. “I checked later and two of the screws on the top and middle had rusted over so they broke off. The door was on its last limb.”
The door was fixed on Nov. 20, a week after an official work order was filed.
The Hariri Hall elevator in Yeh College has also encountered recurring problems, according to Liam Darnell ‘29. While the elevator was initially working after fall break, it soon broke, forcing Darnell to take the stairs to his dorm on the fifth floor.
In a statement to the ‘Prince,’ University spokesperson Ahmad Rizvi said that issues with the Yeh College elevators were due to relay failures in their control systems. The relays have since been replaced.
Despite his frustration, Darnell noted that he “appreciate[s] the hard work of building services for continuing to fix the elevator as it keeps breaking.”
Additionally, Zara Hommez ‘28 had sudden heating problems in the Forbes Annex. She said that after returning from fall break, she found herself “shivering in [her] room,” which led her to realize that the heating was broken.
“When the heating wasn’t working, I would layer four blankets and still feel cold, which made it harder to sleep,” Hommez told the ‘Prince.’ Her entire floor lacked heating for two continuous weeks.
Rizvi wrote to the ‘Prince’ that the heating problems were “related to typical routine maintenance issues and handled accordingly” and that “seasonal changes can also trigger maintenance needs.” He added that many of these issues arose due to unforeseen malfunctions in their control systems, potentially due to overuse.
Although many of the reported maintenance issues have been fixed, numerous students are left hoping for faster, more effective repairs. Hommez told the ‘Prince,’ “In the future, I hope Facilities is more efficient [in their repairs].”
Daphne Lewis is a News and Research contributor for the ‘Prince.’ She is from Washington, D.C. and can be reached at dl1424[at]princeton.edu.
Gus Vogel is a News contributor for the 'Prince'. He is from Brookline, Mass. and can be reached at gv6325[at]princeton.edu.
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