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Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Apartment-Style Living Popular on Campuses
By Jennifer Samuels
Assistant State & National Editor
Many college students see the oppor
tunity to move to off-campus apartments
as a true test of their independence.
But for some students, the perks of
off-campus living can be found without
leaving campus.
Colleges and universities across the
country are offering apartment-style res
idence halls at an increasing rate.
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Joan Lachowski, housing coordinator
for men at the University of Richmond,
said the university offers on-campus
apartments to provide a variety of hous
ing options to students.
“The apartments are a totally differ
ent style of living,” she said. “Regular
dorms have single, double, triple rooms.
(The apartments) have two bedrooms,
one bath, a living room and a dining
room. (They are) almost exactly like
townhouses rented to the public.”
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Lachowski said the apartments offer
advantages to students. “They are a jump
start to living on your own,” she said.
Brad Reid, director of housing and
residence life at UNC-Wilmington,
echoed Lachowski. “I think it’s impor
tant on any campus that students have
the opportunity to have a variety of liv
ing options, especially first-year stu
dents, to have a residence hall living
experience,” he said. “We also want to
attract returning students to live on cam
pus. Those are two key reasons for hav
ing on-campus apartments.”
But Reid said the isolating nature of
apartment-style living is a problem.
“The people in the apartments are
pretty isolated,” he
said. “The RAs
have to work hard
to get (residents)
out and participat
ing in the commu
nity. Most people
move there
because they want
their privacy.”
Other schools
offering this type of
“I think it’s important on any
campus that students have
the opportunity to have a
variety of living options. ”
Brad Reid
Director of Housing, UNC-Wilmington
housing include Elon College, the
College of Charleston and several
UNC-system schools, including UNC-
Charlotte and Appalachian State
University. UNC-Chapel Hill does not
offer students the option of living in on
campus apartments.
Christopher Payne, director of housing
and residential education at UNC-CH,
said apartment-style housing is included
in the University’s Master Plan. “If you
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look at the Master Plan, you’ll see where
we’re making plans to pursue apartment
style and family housing,” he said.
Payne said he believes apartments
would be popular as campus housing
based on informa
tion he has heard
from students.
“I do believe
that it would attract
and keep more stu
dents in campus
housing,” he said.
“We already have a
very popular resi
dence community.”
And UNC-CH
students agree with Payne.
Alison Tytell, a senior from Winston-
Salem, said she would have jumped at
the chance to live in an on-campus
apartment. Tytell has lived off campus
since December 1998. “You would still
have the on-campus atmosphere and
have an apartment,” she said. “You’re
closer to everything, and you don’t have
to deal with crappy landlords.
“I think it’s beautiful.”