I have been thinking about your predicament - dorm rules disallow adhesives and screws - and here are my thoughts.

1. Almost 20 years ago, I was vacating a student housing apartment in a college town in the middle of nowhere in order to move to California. I scrubbed and scrubbed... and scrubbed some more. Spent many hours cleaning. A victory - I got my deposit back. You will laugh - the deposit was 50 Bucks.

2. Of course, your deposit is larger, but still it makes sense to find out just how much they would charge you for a few screws.

3. Further, adhesive can be removed by a product called, if I am not mistaken, goo-be-gone.

4. Holes from screws can easily be patched up by a skilled handyman.

To sum pay, either paying for adhesive removal and hole patching, or paying the student housing office for minor damage, whichever is cheaper, seems a reasonable price to pay in order to use those bare walls for storing your belongings vertically. What do you think?

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