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Viewers Sounding Off on 'Dirty Dorms'

Chris Boardman

An ABC6 exclusive investigation, Dirty Dorms at UMASS Dartmouth.

Disgusting, unsafe, mold, covering the walls and inside air vents!

Students and parents are outraged at these conditions, hear what ABC6 viewers are saying....

Monday, Nov 30 at 9:10 AM Anonymous wrote ...

THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF ISSUES WITH FILTH. SPITING ON WALLS IS ALWAYS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITES, NEXT TO THROWING USED CONDOMS EVERYWHERE IN SIGHT. THROWING FOOD OUT THE WINDOWS IS MORE FUN AND LETS NOT TALK ABOUT THE BATHROOMS OMG!

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 1:11 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Nick, If that is the case, why do you watch ABC? Sure sounds as if you are a regular viewer. I think you just like to complain.

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Friday, Nov 13 at 9:00 PM Nick Clentro wrote ...

ABC should change it's name to the Robert Gibbs network as they only report on things that keep people's minds off the economy and the tragic leadership the Obama administration has given us. Forget just RI, This entire country is in shambles. Tent cities, Social unrest, Illegal citizens over running us, The homeless, the hungry, the jobs lost, the homes gone. none of that get's covered by ABC. if it isn't swine flu or the mayor making a deal with some group you'll never hear it. SHAME on ABC!

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Tuesday, Nov 10 at 10:46 AM Anonymous wrote ...

Unemployment is not the only concern in this country! If it was YOUR child living in these conditions, I can bet you would think it was serious. At least ABC 6 does cover concerns of over 100,000 students that live in these dorms through out the area! I am getting my daughter out and sending her far away from here!!!

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Monday, Nov 9 at 3:52 PM fuck off wrote ...

and when replacing the shower, they discovered an enormous collection of black mold. I would not wish to put anyone through what I went through, and you have serious psychological issues if you think you can brush it off as dirt on the ceiling or make the argument that we get what we pay for.

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Monday, Nov 9 at 3:49 PM fuck off wrote ...

UMass Dartmouth students do not pay to breathe in deadly mold spores. It's NOT just the freshmen dorms, I'm a sophomore and there is mold in bathrooms, in the air vents, everywhere. Black mold can have horrible effects on one's physical health. It can cause a lot of respiratory problems and many people have linked anecdotal evidence linking leukemia to the presence of black mold. Coincidentally, I was diagnosed with leukemia when I was 14. About a year later when my parents got my bathroom

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Friday, Nov 6 at 3:06 PM Pawtucket Citizen wrote ...

The guy down there is right, the unemployment rate is 10.2% nationally and almost 14% in RI and this is what you fill you're airtime with? disgusting to say the least. how about talking about the ten's of thousands who have run out of unemployment checks and are living on the streets. The gentlemen is right it is no wonder that ABC is last in the ratings and will only drop further if you continue to be disconnected with the people and what is going on.

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Friday, Nov 6 at 1:19 PM dirt as mold wrote ...

actually we weren't the people who thought the dirt was mold obviously that was the cleaning ladies and why would I even say anything about it if it was dirt. and you must never have lived in the sophomore dorms cause they are pretty disgusting. k thanks

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Thursday, Nov 5 at 9:19 AM you got the swine wrote ...

haha if you thought dirt on the ceiling was mold you deserved the swine. Dorms arnt that bad once you get out of the freshman quad.. freshman dorms suck everywhere, this isnt a big D1 or ivy league school its a state school (a second tier state school at that) you get what you pay for.

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Wednesday, Nov 4 at 10:00 PM Umd grad wrote ...

School is what it is people. It sucks, it's dirty as hell and no one cares. Place is a dump. I don't know why I wasted 4 years of my life there. Glad I'm gone

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Wednesday, Nov 4 at 8:52 PM James R. wrote ...

HAHAAH UMD you can't even spell the word it's. that's hilarious...idiot!

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Wednesday, Nov 4 at 8:34 AM Irony..... wrote ...

Before you comment on this thread learn how to spell, it's "it's".

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Wednesday, Nov 4 at 12:45 AM UMD wrote ...

Before you comment on this thread learn how to spell, its unemployed.

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Tuesday, Nov 3 at 9:24 PM Sam. wrote ...

THIS is what you report on? tens of thousands of undemployed people in this state are without benefits and THIS is what you report on! you're network deserves to be dead last in the ratings!!

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Tuesday, Nov 3 at 7:22 PM Shawna Denn wrote ...

I also go to Umass Dartmouth and my roomate has asthma and we have continued to complain about the mold in our bathrooms. After much hassle the response we recieved was it was dirt that someone was throwing at the ceiling. Why would someone even waste their time, now with that said I am one of the many students who have gotten sent home with the swine. Why don't we stop paving parking lots and start cleaning up the campus?

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