One of the most common places students expect to find germs is on their cell phones. The age of mobile technology has taken over; so many students use their phones excessively.  Often times students will bring their phones everywhere. Senior Erik Dahlin said, “I’d say [I touch my phone] every five minutes, especially when I am [going to the bathroom]. I touch it a lot. Even when I’m not using it, I am usually holding it, so I’m almost always in contact with it.”

Jillian Ruff

Dalhin was not very surprised when he saw the results of the test. If anything, he was underwhelmed. “I think [my phone] is absolutely disgusting. I even use it when I am in the bathroom. I think my phone is much worse. There are barely any dots on this petri dish; if it were my phone, it would be covered in dots, probably a lot bigger dots too,” explained Dahlin.