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Harvard Entrepreneur Finds Niche Cleaning Dorms
At Harvard, a kid has started a maid service for dorm rooms. This New York Times article describes the anxiety that some people have about the service. Sweathshop wages? Immigrant labor?Nope.
Some people can afford the cleaning service and others cannot. This, it is argued, creates a stratification of dorm students into the haves and the have-nots and therefore might make some people feel inadequate.
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Luca9200's blog on April 5th, 2005 8:46 am
Harvard University’s haves and have-nots
OK, Harvard-bashing is somewhat of a sport at the small technical school down the Charles river I call my alma mater (full disclosure: way back, Harvard University helped me hone English and party skills). However, this editorial on the university’s
WashMyStuff.com on December 8th, 2008 9:42 pm
Nice! We have started a very similar thing, but not for cleaning the dorm itself, but just the clothes of the person living in the dorm. It’s a college laundry and dry cleaning service but with a low cost so that students can actually afford it :)
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