Photo by |im Goodwin
An increase in the demand for single rooms allowed the University housing office
to reopen Willcox dorm in the Bean East complex.
Hall computer spells relief
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By Michael Doake
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Dormitory residents who applied early
this summer for housing space experienced
few problems moving in, while those who
waited until the last minute to apply spent a
lot of their time last week waiting anxiously.
A new computer system saved time and
headaches for many students moving into
the University's six residence halls, accor
ding to Marjory Ramey, acting director of
student housing.
Students who applied for housing early
enough to get a fall reservation knew their
specific room and roommate and had few
problems to worry about, Ramey said.
For the students who did not apply in
time to get reservations, the slow process of
waiting for "no-shows” was in store for
them last Monday.
"Our Sunday move-in was the best we've
ever seen. It went like a breeze," Ramey
said. "But we are distressed about Monday.
We were slow and not up to our usual
service."
Students who applied late for housing
could not be processed through the com
puter and had a long wait for vacancies, she
said.
Once in the residence halls, this year's
2,700 student residents found some new
changes, said Ramey.
Willcox dorm in the Bean East complex
was reopened in response to an increased
demand for single rooms, according to
Ramey. Moore dorm, also in the Bean East
complex, will remain closed and reserved
for special events.
A second change involves a weekend
meal plan that includes brunch and dinner
on both days. Students will no longer have
to eat out on Sunday nights, Ramey said.
Some 19 meals a week will be offered.
Something that has not changed for
residence hall students is the cost of room
and board. Due to good management and
summer conferences like Beaver Boys State
and athletic camps, prices will remain the
same as last year, Ramey said.
Students can choose from a variety of
housing alternatives in the dorms, in
cluding special-interest dorms which offer
accommodations to students interested in
academic pursuit, international studies,
creative arts, and environmental studies.
Mixed academic-class dorms and coed halls
are also available.
The University Inn, an apartment-like
complex, is full again this year, Ramey said.
The housing department also has 750
families in units in Amazon, Westmoreland
and the east campus area, she says.
Residents there will have a slight increase in
rent this year.
"We run the housing department like a
small business," Ramey said, adding that
the business is healthy. "We regret that
people had to wait in line on Monday, but
everything else seems to be running
smoothly."
Photo by Stuart Redsun
Quads offer everything from maid service to free cable to student renters and are
close to campus as well.
Quads offer quirky quality
By Leslie Knight
CM Ihe Emerald
If you share your kitchen and bathroom
with three people you don't know very
well, you probably live in a quad.
Quads are a low cost form of community
living. They used to be standard fare, but
there is now a wide variety to choose from.
Some have paid cable and installed phone
jacks. Some offer maid and linen services to
add some of the comforts of home.
People often choose quads because they
are inexpensive and offer more privacy than
dorms.
"You've got a little more freedom. You
don't have to worry about a roommate all
the time," says Maria Fundak, who lived in
quads for nine months.
This same privacy can be a drawback —
quads don't have the same social climate
dorms have. Quadmates may get along
famously or they may barely know each
other's names.
Nancy Keller, who lived in a quad for a
year and three months, feels this is a disad
vantage to quad life. "It's a hassle to end up
with three unknown roommates — you
never see them, never get to know them."
Living with people you don't know can
also create a security problem. Fundak adds
this can be a problem in dorms or apart
ments too. "It just depends on how much
you trust your quadmates."
There are horror stories of people clean
ing out their quadmates' supplies of food,
liquor and everything else they can manage
before they move out, but this seems to be
rare. Food cabinets can be locked, and the
door to the common area can be locked.
Unless your refrigerator is in your room,
though, you just have to hope your quad
mates don't nibble on your food while you
are out.
Quadmates also have different respon
sibilities to each other than roommates do
Any one of the four can move out without
affecting the finances of the others and
they generally do not share utility or phone
bills. There can be lasting friendships made,
or the occupants may rarely see each other,
never talking about anything deeper than
whether there's any hot water left.
Fundak found cooking her own food to
be an appealing aspect of quad life.
"There's not as much variety, but you're
not restricted to their (dormitory) time
schedules." Other people find cooking to
be too much of a bother and move back to
the dorms or on to a co-op.
Living in the commons area is just like
apartment or house sharing only on a
smaller scale. Quads that offer maid service
take care of cleaning the small, much used
common space. Weekly clean-up schedules
help in quads that don't.
Keller feels the major advantage to quads
is their convenience. "They're close to cam
pus, they're cheap, they're furnished.
They're good when you're desperate for a
place to live," she says.
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