{"id":1169,"date":"2013-05-23T16:27:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T23:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:14:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T17:14:30","slug":"5-reed-dorm-essentials-that-you-might-not-think-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2013\/05\/23\/5-reed-dorm-essentials-that-you-might-not-think-of\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reed Dorm Essentials (That You Might Not Think Of)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Yes, you should bring a raincoat, a pack of ramen, and a pair of clean socks, but you already know that. Here are a few key items that help make the transition to Reed a little easier:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Electric water heater:<\/strong> Tea and coffee are the lifeblood of Reed College, and a personal water heater allows you to fuel and heat yourself up on a rainy day. Not a caffeine fan? You still should bring a water heater because nothing beats a cup of hot cocoa!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blue tape:<\/strong> Wall putty and duct tape rip the paint off of the walls, which is a major no-no. Blue tape is generally strong enough to hold up posters without taking a toll on surfaces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power strip:\u00a0<\/strong>Usually each residence hall room is equipped with a couple of outlets, but sometimes that isn&#8217;t enough for your desk lamp, phone charger, computer charger, standing lamp, blowdryer, water heater, mini fridge, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reusable grocery bags:\u00a0<\/strong>You don&#8217;t need to bring your own from home, but you should invest in some reusable bags. The local grocery store doesn&#8217;t have handles on their paper bags, and it&#8217;s easier to walk home with groceries situated in solid bags.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antibacterial wipes:<\/strong>\u00a0Residence Halls tend towards a messy chaos, regardless of the students living there. Keep it clean with some antibacterial wipes! These also help fight germs during flu seasons or when your roommate is sick.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1172 aligncenter\" alt=\"blog items\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2013\/05\/blog-items.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2013\/05\/blog-items.jpg 504w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/files\/2013\/05\/blog-items-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Did we forget something? Leave a comment with what is essential for\u00a0<em>your<\/em>\u00a0room!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you should bring a raincoat, a pack of ramen, and a pair of clean socks, but you already know that. Here are a few key items that help make the transition to Reed a little easier: Electric water heater:&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2013\/05\/23\/5-reed-dorm-essentials-that-you-might-not-think-of\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;5 Reed Dorm Essentials (That You Might Not Think Of)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,9],"tags":[201,200,26,202],"class_list":["post-1169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-residence-halls","category-tips","tag-dorm-essentials","tag-incoming-students","tag-residence-hall","tag-wish-i-brought-blue-tape-freshman-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1844,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions\/1844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}