Finals Stress Is Up, Amsterdam's Elevators Are Down

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Residents of Philip Amsterdam Hall faced a familiar problem this week: elevator outages. It seems to happen once every couple of weeks. One of the three elevators breaks down and remains inactive for the rest of the week.

Now, one elevator is understandable. But as of late, the outages have affected two of the three elevators. With nearly 450 occupants, one elevator just isn’t enough.

Residents of the ninth floor may already feel shafted by shorthanded elevator service. Only two of the elevators service the top floor as it is, but since Thanksgiving break those two elevators have been drifting in and out of commission.

The University constructed the building in 1997. That’s almost 70 years after Thurston. It seems strange that one of GW’s newer dorms, which was officially named "New Hall" until last year, has so many elevator problems.

A representative for Residential Property Management did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the situation.

-Joseph Rabinowitz

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