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Gaines Gunn on College Dorms are Dangerous

College Dorms are Dangerous

Claims and stances

0:00 Gaines Gunn strongly supports: Colleges are prioritizing cost-cutting measures over student safety by providing substandard and dangerous housing environments.
1:08 Gaines Gunn strongly supports: The design of lofted bunk beds in dormitories, specifically the use of 'janky' ladders, creates a significant physical hazard for students.

Transcript

0:00 Alright, so today I just heard about a guy that I'm living with.
0:04 He just fell off of his ladder in his living situation in college.
0:08 And I wanted to get on here and just discuss the dangers of college dorm rooms and like how the colleges are using these cheap ways to house college students, but it's actually putting college students in danger.
0:23 So actually, a personal story I have about this.
0:29 He went to college and he's a freshman there.
0:31 And you know, most college dorm rooms, their beds are lofted up on bunk beds.
0:37 And one night he fell out of the bed and hit his head really hard on his desk.
0:42 He actually ended up in the hospital in the ICU and he had brain uh brain bleeding, and they had to um drain blood from his brain twice.
0:52 And if he hadn't gotten an MRI, he he would have died.
0:56 So it's honestly a really important thing that I think needs to be discussed more.
1:00 I think cost over student lives and their health shouldn't be an issue that these colleges are are enforcing.
1:08 Um so yeah, I I've had multiple people around me fall off their ladders as they're climbing up high into these lofts and their their high up beds.
1:18 So I think I think we should discuss more about how we can effectively use this space without um you know having these janky ladders to have to climb up into to get into our beds.