A sticker chart system for clean checks in the hales implemented during the Winter 2019 Semester has left several students feeling like children. The sticker charts are used to help track residents’ clean checks over the semester. Residents receive a green sticker for a pass, a yellow sticker for a 1st and 2nd fail and a red sticker for a 3rd fail. Fines are correlated with failed clean checks. Clean checks are conducted in the hales weekly.
Ligia Valencia, a freshman from Missouri majoring in biomedical sciences, said, “It reminds me of when I was in kindergarten or first grade.”
She added, “They already send us out reports over email if we fail clean checks. I’m not sure why we need something else to validate that we failed. It’s kind of embarrassing.
“Giving us a sticker to let us know if we passed or failed a clean check seems a bit much to me. Are they trying to collect data about us, or something else? It would be nice to be told more about it from the Residential Advisors and hear their thoughts.”
Moises Rodriguez Orozco, a junior from Mexico studying communications, said, “I don’t think it’s a good way to see if students are doing their cleaning properly. I feel like students don’t need something like a sticker chart to track their cleaning.”
Rodriguez Orozco, who lives off-campus, added, “If my landlord gave me a sticker chart in my house, I would feel like my landlord is treating me like a child. But I’m a college student, and we are all adults. We can be accountable for ourselves.”
However, some students thought otherwise about the new sticker charts. Nakitta Faupula, a senior from Utah studying social work, said, “It’s ok for me. I guess some people don’t really read the emails, so this could help people be more aware.”
Ezrym Ellis, a sophomore from New Zealand studying exercise and sport science, said, “I don’t really read the emails, so this is beneficial to me. I think these sticker charts will help clean the hales better. There’s probably a problem with cleaning in the hales, so that’s probably why there’s something there. People aren’t doing what they’re supposed to be doing.”
Faupula said there could be other reasons for the sticker chart. “It might just be a visual thing, like a visual aid to help students. Some people need that. Some people don’t check school emails.”
Ellis added if people don’t want to be treated like children, maybe they shouldn’t act like it. “I don’t think housing would add something like this just to frustrate the residents. There’s a reason for it. Everything that is done at this school, seems to have been done for one reason or another.”
Writer: Will Krueger