I want to live on campus but....
Brandon Wall
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: Opinions
I am 21 years old. I spent a few years living in dormitories when I attended Eastern Illinois University, but by the time I transferred to Lewis, I felt as if I outgrew the whole 'dorm' thing. At EIU and virtually every other college campus in the country, there is affordable apartment living either on campus or close enough to make sense to live there.
As far as I know, that option does not exist at Lewis University. And that is a shame because as much as I love mom and dad, I would have loved the chance to live in an apartment with friends for the end of my Lewis career.
I understand it is not economically feasible to be going around building a bunch of buildings right now, but on-campus apartment style living is something Lewis should give some serious consideration.
This isn't a knock against dormitory style living. When I lived in the dorms at EIU, I enjoyed myself and the bonding experience that came with it. But there comes a time in a student's life where they don't want to be bound by Resident Assistants.
I'm sure there are plenty of legal considerations involved with apartment-style living on campus, but I think that the good would outweigh the issues concerned with making it happen.
In an unscientific survey of one (me), the results were overwhelmingly in support of the idea. I have spoken with several other upperclassmen, and they all expressed at least tepid interest in the idea.
On many other college campuses, apartment buildings pop up like rabbits and die off like an unwanted pet Easter Bunny. Having apartments on campus and available to students would no doubt lead to a dramatic increase in resident students - depending on how many are built, of course.
With so many commuter students, there has to be a good portion of them that would be interested in living on campus in apartments. It might be too late for me to take advantage of it (unless they somehow are built before August), but for future generations of upper classmen stuck living at home, I urge Lewis University to investigate building apartments on campus!
As far as I know, that option does not exist at Lewis University. And that is a shame because as much as I love mom and dad, I would have loved the chance to live in an apartment with friends for the end of my Lewis career.
I understand it is not economically feasible to be going around building a bunch of buildings right now, but on-campus apartment style living is something Lewis should give some serious consideration.
This isn't a knock against dormitory style living. When I lived in the dorms at EIU, I enjoyed myself and the bonding experience that came with it. But there comes a time in a student's life where they don't want to be bound by Resident Assistants.
I'm sure there are plenty of legal considerations involved with apartment-style living on campus, but I think that the good would outweigh the issues concerned with making it happen.
In an unscientific survey of one (me), the results were overwhelmingly in support of the idea. I have spoken with several other upperclassmen, and they all expressed at least tepid interest in the idea.
On many other college campuses, apartment buildings pop up like rabbits and die off like an unwanted pet Easter Bunny. Having apartments on campus and available to students would no doubt lead to a dramatic increase in resident students - depending on how many are built, of course.
With so many commuter students, there has to be a good portion of them that would be interested in living on campus in apartments. It might be too late for me to take advantage of it (unless they somehow are built before August), but for future generations of upper classmen stuck living at home, I urge Lewis University to investigate building apartments on campus!
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