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THEB^MIRROR
Week of March 21,2012 • Vol. 37, Iss 21 • J^ Reflection ofFairfield ' Independent Student Newspaper of Fan-field University
F.U. Housing!
Risingjunior class reports hectic housing experience
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STORY BY LUIGI DIMEGLIO
CHIEF COPY EDITOR
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
BY LOAN LE
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Emails, angry phone calls and occasional crowds
arrived at the Office of Residence Life this week as the
countdown to the class of2014 housing pick night neared
its close.
Particularly dedicated droves of students spent en-tire
mornings and afternoons waiting for help from Resi-dence
Life employees, some hoping to find last-minute
roommates as they paced the LLBCC.
As expected, all applicants for junior year housing
will be guaranteed a residence on campus; however,
groups that received a lottery number higher than 92
were notified Tuesday-morning that they were to exit
the lottery, split and reconstruct their groups to live in "8
person apartments" or opt to live in Kostka Hall.
Even applicant groups who reconfigure into eight-person
residences are not guaranteed apartments, de-pending
on their lottery number.
Rising junior Brandon Bubba's lottery number was
97. He asked: "Why does housing have to add stress to
people's lives? They built more housing to make it easier
for juniors and seniors, and now it's harder for me to get
the housing that I want than it was for sophomore year.
They should be offering me a beach house."
Acting Director of Residence Life Ophelie Rowe-
Allen knows from experience that this state of affairs on
the eve of pick night is not unusual, and the frustration
for this year is not expected to end soon. "[The frustra-tion]
is going to continue until they all get housing. This
is normal and we are prepared for it every year," said
Rowe-Allen.
Suzy Peterson, a secretary at the office of Residence
Life for 12 years, echoed Ophelie. "We've had a lot worse
years with phone calls and parents upset. Some years it's
a piece of cake. Sometimes it's like there's a full moon,"
said Peterson.
Developments that have yet to occur may make
some students' stress unwarranted. What many students
do not know is that approximately 50 students from the
class of 2014 are projected to not return to school this
coming fall. o
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HOUSING I PAGE 3
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| Title | Mirror - Vol. 37, No. 21 -March 21, 2012 |
| Date | March 21 2012 |
| Description | The Mirror (sometimes called the Fairfield Mirror) is the official student newspaper of Fairfield University, and is published weekly during the academic year (September - May). It runs from 1977 - the present; current issues are available online. |
| Notes | A timeline for Fairfield University student newspapers is as follows: The Tentative, Nov. 7, 1947 - Dec. 19, 1947; The Fulcrum, Jan. 9, 1948 - May 20, 1949; The Stag, Sept. 23, 1949 - May 6, 1970; The University Voice, Oct. 1, 1970 - May 11, 1977; The Fairfield Free Press & Review, Sept. 10, 1970 - Apr. 24, 1975; The Fairfield Mirror, Sept. 22, 1977 - present. |
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| Publisher | Fairfield University |
| Place of Publication | Fairfield, Conn. |
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| SearchData | THEB^MIRROR Week of March 21,2012 • Vol. 37, Iss 21 • J^ Reflection ofFairfield ' Independent Student Newspaper of Fan-field University F.U. Housing! Risingjunior class reports hectic housing experience 0 o STORY BY LUIGI DIMEGLIO CHIEF COPY EDITOR PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LOAN LE EXECUTIVE EDITOR Emails, angry phone calls and occasional crowds arrived at the Office of Residence Life this week as the countdown to the class of2014 housing pick night neared its close. Particularly dedicated droves of students spent en-tire mornings and afternoons waiting for help from Resi-dence Life employees, some hoping to find last-minute roommates as they paced the LLBCC. As expected, all applicants for junior year housing will be guaranteed a residence on campus; however, groups that received a lottery number higher than 92 were notified Tuesday-morning that they were to exit the lottery, split and reconstruct their groups to live in "8 person apartments" or opt to live in Kostka Hall. Even applicant groups who reconfigure into eight-person residences are not guaranteed apartments, de-pending on their lottery number. Rising junior Brandon Bubba's lottery number was 97. He asked: "Why does housing have to add stress to people's lives? They built more housing to make it easier for juniors and seniors, and now it's harder for me to get the housing that I want than it was for sophomore year. They should be offering me a beach house." Acting Director of Residence Life Ophelie Rowe- Allen knows from experience that this state of affairs on the eve of pick night is not unusual, and the frustration for this year is not expected to end soon. "[The frustra-tion] is going to continue until they all get housing. This is normal and we are prepared for it every year," said Rowe-Allen. Suzy Peterson, a secretary at the office of Residence Life for 12 years, echoed Ophelie. "We've had a lot worse years with phone calls and parents upset. Some years it's a piece of cake. Sometimes it's like there's a full moon," said Peterson. Developments that have yet to occur may make some students' stress unwarranted. What many students do not know is that approximately 50 students from the class of 2014 are projected to not return to school this coming fall. o o o HOUSING I PAGE 3 |