Moving:
Take it or leave it
■ Some students find that storing
belongings over the summer break
iis cheaper and easier than moving them
By Caron Alarab
for the Emerald
When Taylor Casey went home for the
summer last year, she brought
everything with her. It took garbage
bags, boxes, suitcases and an additional trip
three weeks before the term ended to get all
her stuff there, but she did it.
This summer, after spending her first year
living in the Alpha Phi sorority house, she
plans on leasing a furnished room and leav
ing a lot of her belongings at the sorority. This
is convenient for Casey, who said she hasn’t
had room to collect more things since she
moved into the house.
“I’ve had to keep it small and simple,” she
said.
Though students like Casey may choose
to take everything along for the ride, some
— whether because of costs or “pack-rat”
habits — cannot afford to haul it all. For
those that do not have the option of a
Greek house or a friend’s garage, local stor
age facilities are a good solution when
summer travel calls and things need to be
left behind.
One thing to consider when renting a stor
age space is capacity — or the lack thereof.
“We’ve had to turn people away,” StorltAll
manager Richard Sayre said. The most re
quested storage-space size at Sayre’s business
» is 5 x 5, which tends to accommodate every
thing that a person can fit into a residence
hall room. More recently, however, a lot of
, students have chosen to share spaces between
two or three people, “which saves money,” he
said.
Sayre said students should pick a good lo
cation for security, but he cautioned people
who plan on using storage for the summer to
get insurance coverage at every location.
“The storage lockers I’ve found are pretty
insecure,” senior Justin Ginsburg said. “Peo
ple can just cut through the fencing and get
into outdoor units.”
Last summer Ginsburg stayed in Eugene to
work, and he plans on moving into a new
apartment after he graduates at the end of
this term. After moving out of the residence
halls at the end of his sophomore year, Gins
burg said he found that having more person
al space and being self-sufficient made it
easier to accumulate belongings as he went
along.
Last time he moved, Ginsburg said he went
to U-Haul for boxes and a moving truck; he
said he would go there again for supplies and
transportation if need be.
“I have a couple friends with trucks,” he
said. “So we’ll see.”
Mark Stogner, general manager of the Eu
gene U-Haul, said he has never turned any
one away because of lack of space, but the fa
cility has gotten very close to reaching
capacity. He agreed that having friends store
together is less expensive, but the 5x5 space
is still the most popular.
As far as the issue of whether to store or
take it all, Stogner said he doesn’t think peo
ple have caught onto the fact that it is more
economical to store. With factors such as
hitching, wiring, 24- to 48-hour delays and
the added costs of one-way travel, renting a
trailer can be expensive, he said.
“If you’re coming right back, just get stor
age,” Stogner said.
Another thing to consider are added bonus
es and discounts for students and people who
store their belongings for months at a time.
StorltAll offers a 10 percent discount to stu
dents, while U-Haul offers the fourth month of
storage free to customers during the summer.
Caron Alarab is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
(541)343-1255 ph.
info@thecollegian.com
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