Some students want to swap the mattresses provided by campus housing with their own, but university officials cite rules preventing any replacement.
The beds are uncomfortable even after adding padding, said Joshua Majed, business management sophomore. So, Majed tried to replace the mattress with his own.
However, he said, Housing and Food Services representatives told him that would leave him with two mattresses.
“If I wanted to bring down a mattress or my own chair, then they won’t pick up my own mattress or the chair that they provided me with,” Majed said. “The rules are that all the furniture that is there cannot leave.”
Students are permitted to bring limited furniture items to the residence halls and on-campus apartments, but only students paying for single rooms in the residence halls may have furniture removed from their rooms, Housing and Food Services Spokeswoman Lauren Royston said by e-mail.
“Furniture in OU Traditions Square apartments may be rearranged, but should not be removed from the original room location,” Royston said.
Majed said OU Housing and Food Services representatives suggested he stack the mattresses on top of each other.
“I wouldn’t want to do that because if you stack it, your bed is going to end up three or four feet off the ground and you would have to jump onto it,” he said. “And you can’t hide a mattress in a bedroom, there’s nowhere to put it.”
Majed said he wished Housing officials would take the mattresses, but he understands storage would be an issue. He said the office should give students the choice to bring their own mattresses before they check in.
Caitlin Mannix, University College freshman who resides in Walker Tower, said she uses two mattress pads and agreed the beds are not comfortable without them.
Dakota Wilkinson, David L. Boren Hall resident, said the overall furniture situation was nice.
“The lounge on our floor has some pretty comfortable arm chairs and I like the couch,” said Wilkinson, University College freshman. “[The beds] squeak, but that’s expected — it’s a dorm bed.”
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WalkingMan 2 years, 1 month ago
When the paper is only 2 pages long you have to fill the front page with something.
TheJR 2 years, 1 month ago
Looking forward to tomorrow's article about whether or not the soup at Couch Express is too hot or too cold - the anticipation is killing me.
TheJR 2 years, 1 month ago
This is news...?
tomtom 2 years, 1 month ago
This article was funny, but not really news worthy. He did make a good suggestion about having an option before check-in. I live in traditions east and the beds really are awful.