Spring Break
Freshman bulge tackles Res. Life room shortage
By: Siobahn Daniel
Issue date: 8/20/07 Section: News
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"The U of A is in the process of creatively positioning students to ensure as many students as possible have the opportunity to live on campus," said Cynnamon Woodberry, vice president of programming of resident hall living.
"It is just a little tricky right now because so many people want to live on campus," she said.
Kathryn Whiley, a theater arts freshman, said she was surprised and disappointed once she realized she was living in a study lounge on the third floor of the Posada San Pedro Residence Hall.
"I was talking with my mom, and I knewI could either stay in the study lounge or wait to be assigned to live with a resident assistant, which I didn't want to do because I didn't want to make an upperclassman angry and would rather live with freshmen," Whiley said.
"I was disappointed not to have a real dorm, but I am happy to have housing because I know that a lot of people are still on wait lists."
Sharing a room with two other girls, Whiley said she and her roommates have been told that the housing is only temporary, but temporary could mean one week, two months or the duration of the school year.
"One girl came in and said, 'Hey, you took our study lounge,' and we know that she was just kidding, but it does suck to know that we don't have our own space," Whiley said.
Although the study lounge is larger than average dorm rooms, Whiley said one of the biggest problems is not having closet space in a room that houses three people. Another problem is that Whiley and her roommates do not know if, when and where they will have to move.
"Hopefully it will be down the hall or in a nearby building and not across campus," she said. "It is going to suck to have to move, but we made ourselves at home because there was no sense in staying packed if we don't know when we're going."
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Julie H
posted 8/20/07 @ 9:19 AM PST
Dorm move-in parking is always bad, and has nothing to do with the amount of people moving in - incidentally, this is my first year living in a dorm where parking was NOT a problem. (Continued…)
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