Freshman housing forces students to triple up

Freshman housing forces students to triple up

By Errol Evans

Dorming on a college campus will always be a different experience for anyone coming into college for the first time. All freshmen that enrolled at SUNY Buffalo State had the unique experience of living with two roommates instead of the usual one.

Not only have most of these freshmen come from home, where they either have their own room or share with a sibling, now they must move into a smaller room with two strangers.

Dean J. Reinhart is the college’s associate director of admissions. According to Reinhart, one of the college’s goals coming into this semester was to increase its enrollment.

            “Every room is a triple, so everyone will be equally miserable” Reinhart said. “But it will make for an experience for the freshmen to bond over .”

Reinhart said roughly 600 more freshmen were accepted this semester than last year.

“It’s just so hectic this year, something new happens every day” said Ronald Dupree, a residential assistant in Neumann Hall, a freshmen dorm on campus. Dupree is a junior, who also plays on the football team at Buffalo State. A residential assistant is a student who is responsible for a floor of a dorm building; they’re also known as RAs.

Dupree said that with every room being a triple, now there are always inner-room conflicts going on that he has to deal with. Dupree also explained how the visitor limit for each person is I now one visitor per resident, as oppose to the usual two.

“Students don’t like the new visitor rule, but it’s needed for safety reasons,” Dupree said.

As freshmen on the Buffalo State campus, you have three options as to what dorms you want to live in. These options are Perry Hall, Porter Hall and Neumann Hall. All these dorms are filled with other freshmen. Porter is the biggestt of the three and is one of the tallest buildings on campus with nine floors.

John Rogers is a freshman from Long Island who lives in Porter Hall.

“I love having a triple. I’m an only child at home so it’s like having two brothers I’ve never had,” said Rogers. Rogers believes having a triple is all a part of the college experience and it almost forces him to be social.

“It will be good to have a double next year, but I’ll never forget all my experiences this year,” he said.

Buffalo State students have a great chance to make good friends and really start their college experience off with a bang with the new triple room format. Even though there are mixed reviews among students about this system, everyone will have to deal with it for at least one full year.