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Monday, May 20, 2013

What to take to the Dorm Part Two

Here is another part of my list of items to consider taking to the Dorm:
Medicine Cabinet:
Allergy medicine: Claritin or Benadryl or other anti-histamine
Airborne or Cold-eeze
antacid/anti-diarrhea
Anti-Itch cream: for bug bites
Bandages and band-aids: for sprains and cuts
Bug spray (to keep your skin from those awful mosquitoes etc)
Cold and cough medicine: Robitussin/Dimetap ,Dayquil/Nyquil
Cough drops/lozegnes
Eye drops
Hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol
Mouthwash
Multi-vitamins (especially vitamin C)
Muscle Relief: Icy Hot Patches or Thermal Patches for aches
Neosporin 
Pain and fever relief-- Tylenol, Advil, ibuprofen
Vaseline or petroleum jelly.
Vick’s Vapo Rub:
Vitamins
Waterless hand sanitizer 


Bath Items:
Loofah/sponge or wash towel
Shampoo/conditioner/hairspray
Shower caddy/tote: should have a hole or holes in the bottom, for drainage
Shower shoes (flip-flops)
Soap or body wash
Towels (at least two sets each of bath towel, hand towel, face towel etc); turban for hair

Furniture/Appliances:
Bookcase
Chair: a comfortable one; desk chair (optional). Usually provided
Chair cushion: if you don’t want to bring a desk chair, buy a seat cushion for the chair from the college
Coffee machine/coffee
Folding chairs/tail-gaiting chairs/folding lawn chairs-- any easy, folding chair that you can quickly prop open
Lamps; desk lamp. Also clip-on lamps work well in a dorm; Lightbulbs, too
Microwave
Minifridge or Microfridge
Mirror- long and handheld
Nightstand: if you’ve got room
Sofa or armchair: if you can fit at least a small one into your room, go for it!
TV

School Supplies:
Binders
Calculator or graphing calculator
College-rule line paper
Colored markers and colored pencils
Dry-erase markers
Envelopes (white, letter type)
Erasers
Files and expandable filing folders
Folders-- with pockets and three-prongs
glue/gluesticks
Graphing paper
Highlighters/sharpies
Manila envelopes (for papers or reports that you don’t want folded)
Notepads/Notebooks
Paperclips
Pencils/sharpener/desk organizer
Pens: regular blue, black and red; have at least one, nicer ball-point pen as well
Post-its
printer/ Printer Paper (white) /ink
ruler
Scissors
Sharpies or any other permanent marker (thick and thin)
Stapler/staples/staple remover
Tape- masking, duck, and scotch
Three-hole punch adapter
White-out or correctional fluid

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