Forced move from dorms to apartments irritates students
By La Tara Sutton
Issue date: 10/4/06 Section: News
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Residents in Young and Brown Hall are being forced to relocate to Centennial Court and Scholars' Inn apartments so that the university can remain in compliance with its bond covenants-agreements the university made to secure funding to build the facilities.
Under the bond covenants, both apartments must maintain an occupancy level of at least 95 percent, and as of mid-September, Scholars' Inn had a 77 percent occupancy rate and Centennial Court had a 78 percent occupancy rate. Administrators in the office of student affairs are moving students from the residence halls to the apartments to solve this dilemma. The lease agreement the students signed gives the university the authority to move them to another room or on-campus housing facility. Approximately 99 students from Young Hall and 47 from Brown Hall have to move.
Marc Flemon, assistant vice president for student affairs, said that a decrease in enrollment is primarily to blame for the problem. The apartments are normally full and thus making students move out of the residence halls has been unnecessary. He regrets that this year is different.
Students who have to move will also have to pay more. Young and Brown Hall residents pay $1,600 per semester. Students living in Centennial Court are charged $2,175 per semester. Students staying in a two-bedroom apartment in Scholars' Inn are charged $2,575; those staying in a three-bedroom pay $2,500. Students moving from the residence halls will be pro-rated for the fall 2006 semester in costs that range from approximately $300 to $500. The actual cost depends on when the student moves out of the residence hall and which university apartment they choose to live in. However, they will have to pay the full price to live in the apartments next semester.
The unexpected move has upset many students, mostly because of the cost.
"It is stated in our lease agreement that the school reserves the right to relocate us, but no where does it say that you have the right to charge us more money," said Lashawna Skipper, a Young Hall resident from Chicago, Ill. and junior health recreation major.
Under the bond covenants, both apartments must maintain an occupancy level of at least 95 percent, and as of mid-September, Scholars' Inn had a 77 percent occupancy rate and Centennial Court had a 78 percent occupancy rate. Administrators in the office of student affairs are moving students from the residence halls to the apartments to solve this dilemma. The lease agreement the students signed gives the university the authority to move them to another room or on-campus housing facility. Approximately 99 students from Young Hall and 47 from Brown Hall have to move.
Marc Flemon, assistant vice president for student affairs, said that a decrease in enrollment is primarily to blame for the problem. The apartments are normally full and thus making students move out of the residence halls has been unnecessary. He regrets that this year is different.
Students who have to move will also have to pay more. Young and Brown Hall residents pay $1,600 per semester. Students living in Centennial Court are charged $2,175 per semester. Students staying in a two-bedroom apartment in Scholars' Inn are charged $2,575; those staying in a three-bedroom pay $2,500. Students moving from the residence halls will be pro-rated for the fall 2006 semester in costs that range from approximately $300 to $500. The actual cost depends on when the student moves out of the residence hall and which university apartment they choose to live in. However, they will have to pay the full price to live in the apartments next semester.
The unexpected move has upset many students, mostly because of the cost.
"It is stated in our lease agreement that the school reserves the right to relocate us, but no where does it say that you have the right to charge us more money," said Lashawna Skipper, a Young Hall resident from Chicago, Ill. and junior health recreation major.
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Jerard
posted 10/04/06 @ 2:54 PM CST
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