College Dorm Room Tips: Hook Up Your Dorm offers 9 ways to make spring semester outshine the fall.
9 WAYS TO MAKE 2ND SEMESTER OUTSHINE THE 1ST
Feel like you’re always looking for the remote? It’s amazing that you can still lose it in a room as small as your dorm. Well, you're not alone! A British Sky Broadcasting poll revealed that the average adult will cumulatively waste one month of their life looking for the TV remote. And we’re guessing statistics in the U.S. aren’t much better, so keep reading to cut down on the frequency of times you lose the remote and to learn other lifesaving tips. This recession-friendly list also covers topics from investments every partygoer should look into to how hooking up your dorm can leave you better prepared for internships.
9 Quick Tips:
1) 
How
many times have you asked where the remote is and felt the brief panic that
ensues shortly after? Cut down on the frequency of this situation or avoid it
altogether by purchasing Velcro
squares. Stick a piece on the back of the remote, a piece on a common place on
the wall (even next to the bed) and voila, remote control holder.
2) 
How
one goes about washing their laundry is personal but everyone has to deal with
the time-consuming task of somehow organizing it all beforehand. And that will
never end. Make it easier on yourself with a sectioned
laundry hamper. Two, three or four sectioned, go with whatever suits your
sorting fancy and save time separating whites from darks, laundry from dry
cleaning, or towels from laundry.
3) 
Crazy costume pieces are an investment because themed events
requiring ridiculous dress codes don't end just because you've graduated from college. It cannot be stressed
enough how many times someone could use a pair of fluorescent pink
shiny leggings during college and the years after. It’s also possible for
guys to have a color coordinated sweatband for every
retro-classic occasion. If you’re the type who goes the extra mile, try an
interactive Electric
Rock Guitar Shirt.
4) For those who want to appear like they have it together for internships and business ventures, invest in shoe trees. Trees preserve the shape and look of a shoe. Plus, they prolong the number of months between occasions that you’ll need to shell out hard-earned (or awaited) dollars to buy a new pair of shoes.
5) 
Nothing
says, “I watch trilogies and love technology” like a bean bag chair for
your iPhone. It doesn’t actually charge the phone but it is a way to
technically fit another bean bag chair in your dorm. Who wouldn’t appreciate
that?
6) 
College
is the perfect time to acquire a reusable
tote bag
for picking up items to go in your mini fridge. Reusable bags also
come in handy when carrying items to house parties. Then, once you get
there, you can easily roll it up for easy storage. Or, if you
get caught in the rain - it won't break, leaving everything to fall out
(hello
paper bags). Besides, they are eco-friendly and look much nicer than a
plastic bag. And if
you want to feel extra good about your purchase and happen to live near
a Whole
Foods market, pick up a Feed 100
bag and the proceeds will feed 100 school meals to hungry
children in Rwanda through the UN World Food Program. * In response to the
devastating earthquake in Haiti, proceeds from FEED 1 and FEED 2 bags
sold online through June will be directed towards FEED Haiti campaign to ensure
continuation of school feeding for Haitian children. 
7) Get the ambiance you really want with stick on battery operated lights to add a different tone to that fluorescent-essence that make so many of us look... well, let's just say not camera phone ready.
8) 
Have
you ever been really exhausted, looked at something across the room, wanted to
get it… but don't, because not moving more than a rotation in your bed is more
important to you than getting that something? If it hasn't happened yet – I’m
going to go out on a limb and predict it will. Hang a Sidekick Bedside Organizer
to have everything you might need in the middle of the night and beyond -
within a rotational reach.
9) 
The
Animal House poster with John Belushi wearing a sweatshirt reading “College” is
like a rite of passage, but instead of bolting to the standard campus poster
fair for your next piece of decorative art, pay attention to your art major
classmates and photographer friends. There’s a wealth of artistic talent in
college, so casually keep an eye on their work and if you see something of
interest, let them know. Your friend might be honored to get their work on
display. Offer to front the cost of supplies and their time. Or ask if they would
sell you the specific piece you like. You'll have a conversational work of art
that is original, shows your support of fellow students, and will create more
memories.