Yale students are finally clean
Yale University is an Ivy League school that only accepts the best of the best, and makes them even better.
And until last week, they were also the dirtiest university kids around.
But that all changed when the centuries-old school finally passed a student-led mandate to supply soap in the school's five residence buildings. Until now, the college had strictly prohibited soap in the washrooms, citing a risk of damaging the historic architecture.
For decades, Yale students have protested the lack of sanitation materials, and often continued to fight the battle once they had graduated. A special alumni group called the Clean Hands Club (CHC) was even formed to help current students keep putting pressure on the administration to allow soap dispensers.
“This truly is a momentous day for all of us that have worked so hard on establishing a level of cleanliness,” said Gary Rothschild, MD, who graduated from Yale in 1982, and is the President of the CHC. “We've been working for almost 25 years to make this change, and we're all very excited.
Another Yale alumnus is also pretty excited about the breakthrough; Mike Forrester graduated from the university in 1990, and is now the CEO of Diversey-Lever, the company that produces soaps such as Dove, Lever 2000 and Irish Spring.
The college Board of Directors called a press conference late last week to announce the decision, and were even handing out free samples of dove soap to all in attendance. Immediately following the conference, calls from other Ivy League schools began calling the Board requesting a copy of their Soap Action Plan, the subsequent budget that made the $100,000 venture possible. Harvard, Brown and Berkeley were among the inquiring schools.
The final success of the CHC is a bittersweet victory, however, because now the group has no reason to remain an active group. Their constitution clearly states that the CHC's sole responsibility is to “lobby and protest, within the limits of the law, until Yale University recognizes the need for clean students, and agrees to supply the student body with the sanitary materials to remain in a clean state, as long as they so choose.”
Dr. Rothschild said that while their primary mission has been successful, now the group must search for another cause to fight for.
“We're thinking of a few things that we can tackle now, such as hot water in the showers or a steady supply of non-expired milk in the cafeterias,” he added, “just to give us something to do.”
Disclaimer: Stories printed in the Fanshawe Distorter are in fact fictious. Any resemblance to persons real or dead is unintentional and entirely hilarious. Proudly distorting the truth since 2005.
And until last week, they were also the dirtiest university kids around.
But that all changed when the centuries-old school finally passed a student-led mandate to supply soap in the school's five residence buildings. Until now, the college had strictly prohibited soap in the washrooms, citing a risk of damaging the historic architecture.
For decades, Yale students have protested the lack of sanitation materials, and often continued to fight the battle once they had graduated. A special alumni group called the Clean Hands Club (CHC) was even formed to help current students keep putting pressure on the administration to allow soap dispensers.
“This truly is a momentous day for all of us that have worked so hard on establishing a level of cleanliness,” said Gary Rothschild, MD, who graduated from Yale in 1982, and is the President of the CHC. “We've been working for almost 25 years to make this change, and we're all very excited.
Another Yale alumnus is also pretty excited about the breakthrough; Mike Forrester graduated from the university in 1990, and is now the CEO of Diversey-Lever, the company that produces soaps such as Dove, Lever 2000 and Irish Spring.
The college Board of Directors called a press conference late last week to announce the decision, and were even handing out free samples of dove soap to all in attendance. Immediately following the conference, calls from other Ivy League schools began calling the Board requesting a copy of their Soap Action Plan, the subsequent budget that made the $100,000 venture possible. Harvard, Brown and Berkeley were among the inquiring schools.
The final success of the CHC is a bittersweet victory, however, because now the group has no reason to remain an active group. Their constitution clearly states that the CHC's sole responsibility is to “lobby and protest, within the limits of the law, until Yale University recognizes the need for clean students, and agrees to supply the student body with the sanitary materials to remain in a clean state, as long as they so choose.”
Dr. Rothschild said that while their primary mission has been successful, now the group must search for another cause to fight for.
“We're thinking of a few things that we can tackle now, such as hot water in the showers or a steady supply of non-expired milk in the cafeterias,” he added, “just to give us something to do.”
Disclaimer: Stories printed in the Fanshawe Distorter are in fact fictious. Any resemblance to persons real or dead is unintentional and entirely hilarious. Proudly distorting the truth since 2005.
