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Several members of the Herald staff combed through more than 2,000 pages of maintenance requests in the online database and found 524 reports of mold in buildings across campus dating back to November 2017. The printed reports can be seen above. 

More than 500 mold reports on campus in past year

Evan Heichelbech and Rebekah Alvey
November 13, 2018
What appears to be mold hides behind a ceiling tile above Carson Roberts’ bed in Minton Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Roberts is a freshman from Louisville who uncovered her ceiling tile and told WKU Housing what she found on Tuesday. Roberts was told she needed to move because her dorm room could be toxic now.

More than 500 mold reports on campus in past year

Evan Heichelbech & Rebekah Alvey
November 13, 2018
A sample of mold which covered the inside of the HVAC unit in freshman Adriana Qehaja’s dorm room in Bemis Lawrence Hall. Qehaja said she took the sample as proof of what she saw when maintenance came to replace her dorm room’s HVAC unit. Qehaja moved into Bemis Lawrence Hall in June and experienced many symptoms she attributes to the mold.  “I just want to live in a clean environment,” Qehaja said.

Is mold in dorms making you sick?

Nicole Ziege & Rebekah Alvey
September 17, 2018
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