UGBC voted to extend and expand its free laundry supply program to all first-year laundry rooms on Tuesday night, following a successful pilot program last spring. 

“We just know how expensive laundry can be here,” said Jordan Doty, student senator and LSEHD ’28. 

UGBC launched a smaller-scale program last spring to support students with financial difficulties. The initiative—headed by Doty—provided laundry materials to one laundry space on each of Boston College’s three undergraduate campuses: Upper, Newton, and Brookline. 

“My experience as a resident assistant on the Brookline Campus demonstrated that the supplies were both well-received and frequently used, to the point that I was constantly refilling them to meet the demand,” UGBC Vice President Reagan Marino, MCAS ’26, wrote in a statement to The Heights.

UGBC will extend the program for the upcoming semester, with the materials divided among all 14 first-year laundry rooms across the Upper, Newton, and Brookline campuses. 

“Some people are like, ‘oh my gosh, I have to pay for my own laundry,’” said Doty. “So just a way to ease this transition into our freshman year or first year at Boston College, and so we’re looking to expand [this] program.”

The bill earmarks roughly $2,000 to be spent on 50 packages of Tide Pods, 50 packages of dryer sheets, and 24 clear acrylic bins. 

The Senate also discussed a survey shared at tabling in Hillside this week. The form encourages international students to share their transition to and experience at BC—seeking to learn from and improve the international student experience. 

“It’s a pretty different approach than your standard BC dining table, just because we’re tailoring to a targeted, very specific group of audience,” said International Student Representative Sophie Wong, MCAS ’28.

Wong hopes to double the number of responses they have received in the survey by the end of the week. 

The Senate also discussed reported issues with Wi-Fi in multiple major lecture halls, including McGuinn 121 and Higgins 310.

“[The IT department] said that they have done updates to all the major lecture halls since being with them a couple of weeks ago, so everything should be smooth as possible,” said Doty. 

Doty believes that the issues could be due to the large number of students connecting to the Wi-Fi at once. According to Doty, BC has acted quickly to resolve the issue. 

“So I think that’s awesome that they’re being so open and collaborative with us to make sure that this issue gets addressed as immediately as possible,” said Doty.