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The Daily OrangeIncoming freshmen placed in alternative housing
By Kelvin Ang
Posted: 7/29/05, 11:40 AM EST Section: News
Some incoming freshmen have voiced their apprehension at being placed in some of these living arrangements.
Jahlil Collins, an undeclared human services and health professions major, said he would like to live in the Sheraton. However, he would be very upset if the university placed him in a converted triple, he said.
"I would be very, very shocked and surprised," he said. "I would probably want to take my money back and transfer to another school. You pay $41,000 to come to this school and you get put in a room that's smaller than a prison cell?"
Yexary Rodriguez, a biology major, complained that a triple does not provide enough privacy for each resident.
"I would be really pissed," she said. "Having one roommate is bad enough, but having a second one?"
Kohr said that SU had considered many other options and that the current arrangements are the best option available to new students.
"We could find places for people to live in Liverpool or Nob Hill, but we believe it is important for people to live close to the university," he said. "If you were an incoming freshman and you lived three miles away from campus, you'd never feel connected to the university."
Kohr also assured that new students would enjoy the same amenities and services that all students living on campus currently have access to.
The Department of Public Safety will place Residential Security Aides in the Sheraton Hotel on the floor where students will be living, as well as at the former AGD house and Brockway Hall, Kohr said. RSAs will check the identification of everyone entering the facilities, like they at all residence halls.
Additional Resident Assistants have also been hired for those facilities, Kohr said. These RAs had passed the preparation course last semester but they were not offered positions because there were not enough places available then.
The 15 rooms in the hotel that will be used by SU students will also be furnished with two beds, desks and dressers, and an additional data port will be installed for Internet access, Kohr said. Students will pay the same rate as the other open doubles with private bathrooms on campus, he said. The floor will house the Quiet Lifestyle Learning Community, to better meet the needs of the hotel, he said.
Jahlil Collins, an undeclared human services and health professions major, said he would like to live in the Sheraton. However, he would be very upset if the university placed him in a converted triple, he said.
"I would be very, very shocked and surprised," he said. "I would probably want to take my money back and transfer to another school. You pay $41,000 to come to this school and you get put in a room that's smaller than a prison cell?"
Yexary Rodriguez, a biology major, complained that a triple does not provide enough privacy for each resident.
"I would be really pissed," she said. "Having one roommate is bad enough, but having a second one?"
Kohr said that SU had considered many other options and that the current arrangements are the best option available to new students.
"We could find places for people to live in Liverpool or Nob Hill, but we believe it is important for people to live close to the university," he said. "If you were an incoming freshman and you lived three miles away from campus, you'd never feel connected to the university."
Kohr also assured that new students would enjoy the same amenities and services that all students living on campus currently have access to.
The Department of Public Safety will place Residential Security Aides in the Sheraton Hotel on the floor where students will be living, as well as at the former AGD house and Brockway Hall, Kohr said. RSAs will check the identification of everyone entering the facilities, like they at all residence halls.
Additional Resident Assistants have also been hired for those facilities, Kohr said. These RAs had passed the preparation course last semester but they were not offered positions because there were not enough places available then.
The 15 rooms in the hotel that will be used by SU students will also be furnished with two beds, desks and dressers, and an additional data port will be installed for Internet access, Kohr said. Students will pay the same rate as the other open doubles with private bathrooms on campus, he said. The floor will house the Quiet Lifestyle Learning Community, to better meet the needs of the hotel, he said.
