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Privacy Influence Housing Decisions
Junior Shervin Shafa says
living in campus residence
halls enhances the total
college experience.
By Kyra Eide
Staff Writer
“On or off?” is a common question
heard around campus this time of year.
Each student must decide if he or she
wants to live on the University’s campus
or move off campus into a private apart
ment or house. Most freshmen start out
on campus, but beyond that the choice
is theirs.
Some students remain on campus all
four years. Dennis Baker, a senior who
has lived on campus since his freshman
year, appreciates the on-campus conve
nience and expresses no regrets.
“Living on campus is an invaluable
learning experience,” Baker said.
He also likes the advantage of waking
up and being able to be at class five min
utes later.
“The main thing is convenience,” he
said.
Senior Clint Beaver from Gastonia
has some different opinions. He moved
off campus to an apartment at Highland
Hills after his sophomore year for sev
eral reasons.
“I just wanted privacy,” he admitted.
Beaver also disliked his South
Campus home. He remembers living in
Morrison Residence Hall and waking up
in a bed of sweat during the month of
August.
“Air conditioning was an incentive (to
move off campus),” he said.
But now Beaver regrets his decision,
and wishes he had waited another year
before moving off campus.
“When I got off campus, I missed the
interaction with other students,” he said.
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Junior Shervin Shafa understands the
importance of such interaction. He has
stayed on campus for three years and
will move off next year.
Shafa said he believes residence halls
enhance the college experience because
everyone lives close to each other and
students can engage in games and
pranks. He also likes on-campus housing
because of the availability of free food
and the constant activity.
“You’re more part of the body when
you’re on campus,” he said. “You’re in
the hurricane.” .
Sophomore Katie Andringa cares lit
tle about this hurricane and will move
off campus after this year. She is excit
ed about the idea of her own kitchen
and living room and about being with
her friends.
“Dorms are great when you’re a
freshman,” she said. “But now I just
want to live with my friends. I’m so
pumped about it.”
Erin-Ashley Ross, also a sophomore,
loved spending time in a house with her
friends. But after spending this year off
campus, she is anxious to move back on
campus next year.
“I don’t regret it, but I do feel like it
changes the way you interact with the
University,” Ross said. “I feel a bit more
removed and less like a student.”
One of Ross’ primary qualms with
off-campus living is parking. She and
her five roommates had to coordinate
their schedules in order to carpool to
campus.
They must leave home 30 minutes
before class in order to get to campus,
park by the Smith Center, and take the
U-bus to North Campus.
Even the infamous South Campus
fire alarms cannot be completely
escaped once a student leaves campus.
Ross’ household had a recent fire evac
uation due to grease on the stove.
“You got to learn how to cook,” Ross
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Students study at The Daily Grind near Student Stores and the Pit. Students rate proximity to campus as one of
the positives of living in on-campus residence halls.
acknowledged about off-campus living.
Freshman Jordan Ussery, who lives in
Hinton James Residence Hall, has no
problem with residence hall life.
She said the only reason she would
move off campus would be to live in her
sorority house during senior year.
“If you’re living in a dorm, you can
choose whether you want to meet new
people or not,” Ussery said. “Your circle
of friends is ever increasing.”
Ussery finds ways to take full advan
tage of residence hall life, such as having
breakfast with other residents before
class on Mondays and Fridays.
Finally, some students base their deci
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sions on parental views, especially when
it relates to financial incentives. Students
remark that while it might be more fun
to live off campus, it comes out overall
cheaper to stay on campus.
In one case, the old adage “mother
knows best” proved very true.
At the coaxing of her parents, junior
Elizabeth Chapman, a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, moved
from an on-campus residence hall to the
sorority house in the middle of her fresh
man year.
“It was financially better in the long
run,” Chapman said. “(My parents) def
initely wanted me to live in the sorority
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house.”
Chapman said she thought it was a
great decision because of the advantages
of a parking spot, decreased living cost
and proximity to her friends.
However, there are a few residence
hall perks she misses.
“I miss the community aspect and the
guys,” she said.
Junior Ben Meredith also listened to
mom. He has lived on campus for three
years and plans to stay because of his
mother’s wishes.
“My mom is paying for my meals if I
live on campus. Therefore, I’m living on
campus.”
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