Dorm desks aren't renowned for their expansive surfaces, so the best desk lamp for a first-year student should be compact, adjustable in height, and sufficiently bright for late-night cram sessions.
Macs also strike a blow against dorm-desk clutter; all have speakers built in, for example, and the desktop models are either self-contained (like iMacs) or have only one cable between the computer and its monitor.
On his dorm room desk, he kept a neatly drawn schedule of television shows he did not want to miss.
Sitting at her dorm-room desk yet again, she placed three round pills on a fresh piece of white computer paper.
Start with managing weekend spending money, then stretch the time interval to a week, two weeks, a month etc. Stop solving sticky situations for them Challenges abound before college begins -- calls about missing transcripts, permissions to get into certain classes, dietary concerns, meal plan options, whether dorm rooms have desk lamps, where to get a parking pass on move-in day.
He was working at the desk of the dorm — Weinstein dorm at N.Y.U.
It demands that each of us -- from dorm rooms and legislative desks, church pews and corner offices, city blocks and country roads -- ask if we're okay living like this? Can we dazedly watch our morning news knowing that the night before, on an idyllic college campus, a young woman was raped and encouraged to stay silent for fear of social retribution?
"Five years ago, Facebook was a couple of servers under Mark's desk in his dorm room," Heiliger explained, referring to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder.
I have one vivid memory of me crying under my desk in my dorm room, calling Ilana for help.
At Kmart (www.kmart.com), the dorm-size refrigerator and Tensor desk lamp are aimed straight at the college set.
Inside this diminutive space he has managed to accommodate all of a person's basic needs: a composting toilet, shower and sink as well as heating, a loft bed, dorm-sized refrigerator, hot plate desk, closets and sitting area.
