Tuesday, March 02, 1999
Xavier resolves toilet paper row
BY JULIE IRWIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
When Xavier University students return from this week's spring break, they'll notice something new in dorm bathrooms: a kinder, gentler brand of toilet paper.
Dissatisfied with the all-recycled brand in their stalls, which they deemed scratchy and flimsy, student leaders pressed for a change, and university officials complied. Months of petitions culminated in a touch-test of 200 students last week, and the two-ply Kimberly-Clark #446 emerged the winner.
The switch respects both comfort and conscience, since the new paper is 90 percent recycled material. It replaces the 100 percent post-consumer fiber Envision Acclaim brand, which environmentally conscious students had asked for about seven years ago.
The knock on Acclaim: too thin, too rough and insufficiently durable, students say.
“It's single-ply, and it's really scratchy, and a lot of people were complaining about it,” said freshman Julie Hammersmith, a senator who helped gather support for the switch. “It was inconsistent with the quality of life that Xavier students are used to.”
Acclaim's predecessor was 20 percent to 40 percent post-consumer fibers. Members of the campus group Earthcare had petitioned for something more enviro-friendly. Senior student senator Brendon Cull, who started the current drive in the fall, said a high percentage of recycled content is important — but so is softness. “I know a lot of students in the dorms who would purchase toilet paper at the grocery store, and that doesn't make sense,” Mr. Cull said.
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