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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
But SU faced some difficulty procuring rooms in the hotel for students.
"It was very difficult because it was all booked," Kohr said. "In fact, it was overbooked some times of the year, like Homecoming and Parents' Weekend. It meant shifting some folks to other hotels in Syracuse."
Kohr said triple rooms will present a cramped living environment for students but these students will be receiving a discount on their room and board fee.
The university chose the largest open doubles on campus to convert into triple rooms, such as the ones in Marion and Day halls, he said. Students will also be provided with lofted beds, under which they can place their desks and chairs to free up more space.
Eileen Simmons, associate director for North and South Campus housing, believes that triple rooms will provide enough space for their residents.
"We've not just randomly said, 'These rooms would be triples,'" she said. "The housing crew would set up the triple with furniture a certain way and we would say, 'Uh-uh.' We've gone out to see all these things and if something wasn't right, we didn't do it."
Kohr said that students placed in a particular housing arrangement in the fall semester could still move to another facility in the spring semester. Hundreds of housing vacancies typically open up in the spring semester due to students studying abroad, transferring to other schools or graduating early, Kohr said.
Nevertheless, his office sees the need to make long-term plans to accommodate these students in future, primarily by constructing more residential facilities.
"Build, build and build," Kohr said. "We need it and we're discussing it."
Simmons agreed that the incoming freshman class poses permanent problems for the university.
"The thing people lose sight of is that this large class is going to stay with us next year and the next, and we don't know the projections for the next incoming class," Simmons said. "I think we have to review our policies. ... There's a lot to discuss."
"It was very difficult because it was all booked," Kohr said. "In fact, it was overbooked some times of the year, like Homecoming and Parents' Weekend. It meant shifting some folks to other hotels in Syracuse."
Kohr said triple rooms will present a cramped living environment for students but these students will be receiving a discount on their room and board fee.
The university chose the largest open doubles on campus to convert into triple rooms, such as the ones in Marion and Day halls, he said. Students will also be provided with lofted beds, under which they can place their desks and chairs to free up more space.
Eileen Simmons, associate director for North and South Campus housing, believes that triple rooms will provide enough space for their residents.
"We've not just randomly said, 'These rooms would be triples,'" she said. "The housing crew would set up the triple with furniture a certain way and we would say, 'Uh-uh.' We've gone out to see all these things and if something wasn't right, we didn't do it."
Kohr said that students placed in a particular housing arrangement in the fall semester could still move to another facility in the spring semester. Hundreds of housing vacancies typically open up in the spring semester due to students studying abroad, transferring to other schools or graduating early, Kohr said.
Nevertheless, his office sees the need to make long-term plans to accommodate these students in future, primarily by constructing more residential facilities.
"Build, build and build," Kohr said. "We need it and we're discussing it."
Simmons agreed that the incoming freshman class poses permanent problems for the university.
"The thing people lose sight of is that this large class is going to stay with us next year and the next, and we don't know the projections for the next incoming class," Simmons said. "I think we have to review our policies. ... There's a lot to discuss."
