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Off-campus homes offer more privacy
Others stress residence halls benefits
BY DAN PIERGALLINI
STAFF WRITER
One of the major decisions that
students face during their four
or five years of college is
whether or not to move off campus.
There are a variety of factors
that influence decisions about
housing, such as costs, privacy and
responsibility.
Both living on- and off campus
can be pricey, but the costs tend to
come in different areas. Students
must weigh the benefits of things
such as a meal plan when com
pared with buying groceries on a
regular basis.
But there are pros and cons to
both options, say students who live
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enough away to have the feel of liv
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Merritt Mill Road.
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share Hewitt’s sentiment.
“My least favorite thing is living
so far away and not being able to
walk to campus,” said Travis
Grannis, a junior who lives in
Chapel Ridge Apartments.
“On days when it is really cold or
rainy or something, I just don't go
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to class because I don't feel like
waiting at the bus stop.”
For some, living on campus is
not so much a choice as it is a lack
of choices.
“For me, with my financial aid,
living on campus is free,” said
Maria McGowan, a freshman who
lives in Cobb Residence Hall.
She added that she thinks stu
dents would get more for their
money by living off campus
because of the additional space
offered by most apartments in the
area.
Cars and parking are also a con
sideration for both on- and off
campus residents.
“Being able to park outside of
my back door is a great perk,”
Hewitt said.
However, students are quick to
Granville offers many amenities
Parking available
for all residents
BY CAROLINE KORNEGAY
STAFF WRITER
With three new room options,
new meal plans and more parking,
Granville Towers is offering the
new and improved version of its
slogan “The place to be at UNC.”
The East, South and West tow
ers just off of Franklin Street offer
residence hall and apartment-style
housing within easy walking dis
tance of the campus.
Granville also offers the two
things students in Chapel Hill
need: food and convenient parking.
There’s a newly renovated din
ing hall, The Agora, and parking
has been made available to all
Granville residents, including first
year students, who in the past have
had to wait to get a spot, or find
alternative parking.
“The convenience, you can’t beat
it,” said Nicole Mercer, marketing,
sales and University relations
director for Granville Towers.
“The convenience, the location,
everything’s right here,” she said.
Walter Futch, a sophomore
mathematics major, said that park
ing is the best feature Granville
agree that living off campus
makes having a social life a bigger
effort.
When asked what advice they
would offer students trying to
decide where to live next year, both
groups of residents made similar
suggestions.
“Make sure you have accessibil
ity to class and make sure others
have accessibility to you, so that
you won't be bored on weekends,”
said Stephen Brower, a sophomore
who lives in a fraternity house on
Rosemary Street.
Additional suggestions includ
ed finding a place with cooking
facilities available, with a nearby
bus stop or with transportation
provided by the apartment com
plex itself, such as the shuttle bus
provided to residents of The
offers.
“(Parking is) really close to the
dorm.”
Parking involves an application
process, open only to Granville res
idents.
As an added incentive to lease
one of the newly renovated apart
ments, the Towers offer parking as
part of the largest and most expen
sive package, the Granview
Apartment.
The larger apartments the
Granview, the Ramses Deluxe and
the Franklin are designed for a
single occupant and offer new iur
niture, larger beds and kitchenette
facilities.
The apartments were well
received with people on a waiting
list before the renovated rooms
were even completed, Mercer said.
Granville’s regular residence
hall-style rooms offer a little more
personal space, with a two-room
suite that accommodates two peo
ple per room with a shared bath in
the center. “Sharing a bathroom
(between) four people, that’s not
too bad,” Futch said.
Residents are required to have
meal plans as part of the lease,
though there five options that
include block meal plans that pro
vide 225 or 125 meals per semester
that are transferable for guests.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2004
““(There is) more responsibility with
your own place but more freedom, and
less freedom with the dorms.”
STEPHEN BROWER, SOPHOMORE
Verge.
Knowing one’s roommates in
advance also helps.
Many students said one of the
obvious perks to living off campus
is the privacy that comes with hav
ing a room to one’s self.
“My favorite thing is having my
own room and not having to deal
with another roommate,” Grannis
said.
Students also said there was a
fair amount of decision-making
and responsibility that comes with
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Freshman Granville Towers resident Spence Davenport gets pasta from
the Granville dining hall. All residents are required to buy a meal plan.
Not only is the food there, but
the Towers staff also helps resi
dents tidy up.
Laundry facilities are available
in each tower and Granville has
housekeeping services for resi
dents. “It’s nice (housekeeping)
clean(s) up every week,” Futch said.
Mercer *aid the rent rates are
living off campus, such as paying
all bills on time and buying gro
ceries.
“I think it really just boils down
to what level of responsibility and
privileges you want,” Brower said.
“(There is) more responsibility
with your own place but more free
dom and less freedom with the
dorms but you have a lot more
done for you.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
competitive for the area, and that
rate does not increase for residents
once the lease is signed.
But Futch said he thinks the
rent is a little exorbitant.
“Definitely too much.”
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