October 13th, 2017
Housing
College Living
Calling
all high school students, college students, and parents! What really is the
best way to live the college life?
Location,
space, noise level, safety, and convenience are a few of the many factors to
consider when deciding whether dorm life or apartment life is best for you.
“What I
enjoy most about living on-campus is the community of men and women that are
involved in my life group. We are not divided up like the people living in
different apartments because we are all living in the same area,” said Josh
Abatie, a fourth-year dorm resident and senior at Michigan State University. GOOD LEDE-NUT GRAF-TELLING QUOTE SEQUENCE
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Abatie is
involved in Cru, a Christian organization at MSU, and said he is living in the
same dorm room as last year with one of his best friends.
“It’s a
benefit living on-campus because it’s a fantastic ministry opportunity,” Abatie
said. “It’s the best way you can love people well. The men that are in my life
group I see in the cafeteria and I can hang out and spend time with them.”
MSU offers
a variety of meal plans according to Eat at State’s website and Abatie said he
has had an unlimited meal plan all four years.
“Unlimited
food in the cafeteria is great! Our dining halls are pretty well set up and
provide for different food needs. They are pretty high quality,” Abatie said.
There are
a few cons to living on-campus according to Abatie. He said he has recently
been getting sick a lot because he is living in a small space with lots of
people.
However,
Abatie went on to say, “we have easy access to health care because health care
is in the neighborhoods.”
According
to Olin’s USE FULL NAME OF ORGANIZATION
ON FIRST REFERENCE; website, the student health center at MSU, students
enrolled in classes at MSU are allowed three free medical office visits each
academic year. NOT SURE WHAT THAT HAS TO
DO WITH LIVING ON- OR OFF-CAMPUS
Abatie
also said parking has been an issue for him while living in the dorms because
there is no parking nearby so he has to walk 20-30 minutes to his car.
Riya
Malhotra, a junior and nutritional science major at MSU, lived in the dorms for
two years and has recently switched to University Village Apartments.
When asked
about her experience living in the dorms she said, “it was fine, you get used
to it after a while and you decorate it and it doesn’t seem so small and it
becomes your home.”
Malhotra
also commented on the convenience of living in the dorms and said it is harder
to get to class now that she has moved into an apartment because some of her
classes are 2 miles away.
THIS IS A GOOD SPOT FOR A QUOTE ABOUT
GETTING TO CLASS
Malhotra
said one downfall of the dorms was that garbage trucks would come really early
in the morning and wake her and her roommate up.
Malhotra
likes her new apartment and said, “you get your own kitchen which is a big
benefit. It’s nice to have a living area where you
and your roommate can talk and hang out without being crammed in the same room.
You just have a lot more space in the apartments.”
Malhotra said she enjoys the apartments because she can
cook healthier food, but that she also has an off-campus meal plan for when she
is at class all day so she does not have to pack meals.
THIS IS A GOOD
PLACE FOR A QUOTE ABOUT MEALS
Malhotra said she does not have a car with her at her
apartment and it is sometimes difficult to get around without one but said,
“eventually you get used to it.”
Safety and
noise level are also a factor when deciding where to live. Officer Tim Schutter
has been a police officer at MSU for 6 years and patrols campus around dorms
and nearby apartments.
Schutter
said campus is split into three team zones so each team of officers can spread
out evenly.
“We see
the dorms quieter throughout the night as opposed to some apartment complexes
around campus,” Schutter said.
Schutter
also said there are Resident Assistants on each level in the dorms and they
normally handle the noise.
Schutter
said regardless of where you live on-campus there will be police nearby
patrolling and if you live somewhere where you want to see more officers around
they are always accommodating to the public’s requests.
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Sources
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Riya Malhotra: junior at MSU, nutritional
science major, first year apartment owner
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Email: malhot40@yahoo.com
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Phone: 248-924-7624
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Josh Abatie: 4th Year Dorm
Resident, senior at MSU
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Phone: 219-241-9221
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Officer Tim Schutter of MSU Campus Police
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Phone: 517-432-1602
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Live On MSU Residence Education and
Housing Services: Clerical Adviser
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Phone: 517-884-LIVE
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ASSIGNMENT GRADE: (redacted)
INSTRUCTOR’S COMMENTS: GENERALLY
GOOD WORK WITH STRUCTURE AND ATTRIBUTION, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED STORY
DRIVERS – THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THESE ISSUES, LIKE THE REHS OFFICIAL YOU
MENTION AND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX MANAGER. AND WE NEEDED A NEUTRAL EXPERT.
STILL, A GOOD START; THANKS!
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