It’s your right to know

Finding housing is one thing on everyone’s mind lately. As this semester winds down and summer break looms in the distance, many students are beginning to think of where they are going to live next semester if their current residence is no longer an option. If you are one of those who have not given any thought to this, now is the time to start. Some places close to campus already have waiting lists, and if you are thinking about living on campus, you better think fast.
Georgia College & State University is in a bind when it comes to providing housing for all the students who want to live on campus. There is not enough housing for the current students and the prospective students. The current residents have to participate in a pool if they want to stay in the dorms next year. Since the incoming freshmen have priority, there is limited space available. The housing department is asking students to volunteer to live in a Holiday Inn until the new Napier Residence Hall is finished being built. Those students would get a reduction in their housing fee, but being so far away from campus is considered a substantial inconvenience by many.
Another option is to live in the Bobcat Village. The rooms are a little more expensive, but they offer more amenities than the dorms and provide a little more safety than the surrounding apartment complexes. They also have rooms that are bigger than what someone would be used to in a dorm and there is a kitchen, living area and a washer/dryer unit in each apartment. If you wanted a room in these apartments, then you should have signed up last week. Like everything else, the spaces in this apartment complex are also limited. A waiting list is available for you to put your name on in case you are still looking around. However, there are some requirements. You must be registered for five credit hours and have at least 24 hours earned or be at least 21-years-old.
Something that confuses me is why GC&SU would accept more students than for whom we have space. We already have crowding issues as it is, do I have to mention the parking situation? There is only so much space available and now the people who have been attending this school and paying tuition have been given the old heave-ho. If even more people are going to attend this school, how are we going to accommodate everyone’s needs while the campus is still trying to expand and renovate?

Posted by Colonnade Archives on Mar 26 2004. Filed under Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry