Housing’s ideas offset by poor execution

TO THE EDITOR:

The Univesity’s housing department seems to be poorly executing its new policies.

The roommate group was a great idea.

The student who has the earliest selection time can select beds for the entire group.

However, if there are not enough beds in a single apartment for all the members, you can’t assign yourself a bed or select multiple beds in multiple apartments for your roommates.

Time is running out. Delete the group. Rooms are disappearing.

Snag an apartment with strangers and hope the stars will align in your favor during the fine-tuning period.

Nevertheless, there is an easy fix to this.

The housing selection process should remain open until incoming first-year students choose places to live.

Additionally, students who signed apartment contracts that may be unsatisfied with their future living arrangement should be able to get out of the contract to select a room in a residence hall based on their class standing.

Lastly, the apartment selection process should be similar to last year’s suite selection process; roommate groups should be able to wait in line to select specific apartments and suites.

I encourage any student who is unsatisfied with the current housing selection process to contact the housing department immediately.

Maybe things can be fixed before the next round of housing selection and a re-selection can occur for those who have already chosen a place to live.

Good luck to those who are selecting in the near future.

Ashley Ross ’15
Mathematics