Tiffany O'Neal

I am displeased by the selection Residential Life used to place students in the particular locations [hotels or apartments]. If I am a graduating senior, why am I not in an apartment?

Being involved in extra-curricular activities hasn’t afforded me extra time to make arrangements to attempt to acquire one of the apartments offered through housing.

First come, first serve is not the solution to every problem.

I was assigned housing at the Durham Hilton. The hotel is just that — a hotel.

Comfort is not synonymous with hotels for the simple fact that hotels are meant for short-term visits.

The hype behind the name Hilton did not impress me because the space provided was not enough for two people. There is one desk and inadequate lighting for studies. One closet is not enough for two people.

It’s more cramped in the rooms in the Hilton than the rooms I was assigned last year in New Residence Hall, Building 2.

I have no Internet access.

How can I do my research, assignments, or even keep open communication with my professors without access to the Internet?

At least if I was on campus I could walk over to the library and use the Internet. What other alternatives do I have at the Hilton?

It would not be in my best interest to drive to campus at 11 o’clock at night.

Then I can’t even use the bulk of my meal plan. I am either in class, at the hotel or at dance practice.

It is so difficult to catch a meal on campus and the voucher given at the Hilton do not help me much.

With that said, I would rather be in my old room in New Res. I don’t want to settle for any other housing than the one I chose.

Also, I had not planned on moving off campus. I feel disconnected from the campus and its activities.

When the Student Union posts flyers of upcoming events, I always find out late because I am not on a particular part of the campus to see the flyers.

The campus has become a ghost town. Information doesn’t flow through the student body like it has before.

I feel deprived of the college student’s experience. It is a shock for me to have lived on campus for three years and then all of a sudden be placed in a hotel with business clientele and family vacationers.

Though I have a car to get me back and forth, I wonder how my fellow students without cars are faring.

I have become aware of other student’s qualms with the transportation from off-campus housing to school and school to off-campus housing.

The shuttle is not on time and it poses a great inconvenience for those attempting to make it to their classes on time. As the semester continues to storm ahead, I hope that we get some definite information about next semester’s planned location for housing as soon as possible.

We need enough time to get situated. That way, we would know what to bring and what to prepare for.

I respect Residential Life’s ability to find substitute housing on such a short notice, but I just wish I were closer to campus.

I want to feel like a full-time NCCU student again.