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Townhouses: Something to Dwell On BY: JARED VALBURG, AOS Culinary, Graphic Designer There are three hundred and forty-two students currently living on campus in triple occupancy rooms. Created to accommodate the seasonal bulge in admissions that came with the previously overlapping block schedule, these three-person rooms are basically double rooms with a third bed and additional amenities jammed in. They are built for two people but are housing three. Nowhere else on campus are there more complaints about lack of space and privacy higher than in these triples. Alternate housing methods have allowed the school to cut down from the original two hundred and five triple rooms to the current one hundred and thirty-four rooms. With any luck, that number will plummet significantly by next June with the addition of twenty new residential townhouses. 0“The idea is to offer an alternative to the old, ‘hey, let’s find an apartment in town.’ It’s a way to offer that same experience on campus and strengthen the residential lifestyle,” Associate Dean of Residence Life Ken Turow explained. Turow agreed to meet and go over some of the more intricate details of the upcoming new buildings. “Basically, once we get these townhouses built, we’ll have a means to continue with an ongoing and aggressive de-tripling campaign and finally be rid of all these triple rooms that seem to be causing so much grief for everyone.” Construction permitting, next June dozens of junior and senior students will turn a school-issued key and open the front door to their new three-level townhouse, where they’ll immediately step in to a fully furnished living room, located in the middle level. A kitchen with all the necessary amenities will attach to a central dining area for the house. Each occupant will have a private bedroom. There will be four bedrooms on the top floor, two on the middle floor and two on the bottom floor. Students will enter the middle floor from the street level. Each floor will share a full bathroom. Geothermal heating, much like the systems present in the Lodges, and a private washer and dryer will be available in every house. In order to provide a smoother transition for the new residents, the application process requires that all
eight prospective housemates know each other prior to move-in. For those with less extended groups of friends, groups of four will also be considered to be housed with a second group of four under the same roof. All buildings are co-ed and offer an excellent view of the surrounding woods. Because the townhouses are being presented as a means to resolve the overcrowding issue in the current residence halls, Ken Turow has stated that the cost of living will be specifically designed to be accessible. “When the townhouses first open we’re expecting to charge a bit more than we do now for the Lodges. The fee structure for all on-campus housing will be re-evaluated next spring, providing very competitive pricing versus the cost of living offcampus. The goal is to get students out of these hastily assembled triple rooms and get them some more space.” While the townhouses promise to offer a reprieve from the packed residence halls, the construction project does come with its own set of issues. Due to complex financing standards, the fifteen million dollar project is being prioritized above the new culinary wing planned to be included in Roth Hall for the time being. Additionally, the north edge of the student parking lot will be short fifty parking spaces during construction and twenty spaces upon completion. Depending on the access to funding and the reception that the townhouses receive, there may be plans to implement a phase two in the project that would add additional townhouses to the area. The way that the townhouses will be managed
adds another layer of complexity. Due to another issue of funding, the townhouses will technically be owned and leased by Collegiate Housing, a third party non-profit entity that operates residence halls at many colleges and universities. Building maintenance will be handled by a representative of Kirchhoff Property Management, an offshoot company of the group responsible for building the townhouses, Kirchhoff Construction. The school will provide their own services in order to better facilitate cooperation between the
Photo Provided By: Ken Turow two services. “The integration of all provided services and management processes will be seamless and fully integrated with CIA’s management practices and procedures,” states Turow. The college will take ownership of the townhouses from Collegiate Housing after the mortgage is paid off in approximately twenty years. 0Applications for the townhouses are expected to be available around March 15, 2012 and will be open to juniors and seniors going into their 7th, 8th, or 9th semester. Additional information will be available soon on the school website. So whether you’re looking for some relief from the crowded residence halls or just a new approach to on-campus living, a townhouse might be the way to go.
“SOL: Sustain or Lose” - The CIA’s First Sustainability Conference
BY: VIVIAN JAGO, AOS Baking & Pastry A project two years in the making is about to bear fruit. The CIA will be hosting its first Sustainability Conference September 12th through September 19th. This project, first begun by students involved with CSA (Community Supporting Agriculture) was originally planned for October of 2010. Although the conference never took place, the desire to educate the student body about the importance of sustainability and the great bounty of the Hudson Valley lived on. CSA, which is now reorganized as a chapter of the world renowned Slow Food International organization, has taken the lead in organizing this chef-driven, student-oriented event. This conference, now being led by Chef Anita Eisenhauer and Professor Brent Wasser, will last for one week. The main exhibit will be a Saturday's Farmer's CULINARY CULTURE
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Showcase and Student Mixer Café taking place in St. Andrews Circle and Heintz Plaza behind Roth Hall. For just $5, students will have the opportunity to eat all day as well as learn more about what produce the Hudson Valley has to offer. Breakfast burritos will be provided by SACE (Students for Advanced Career Experience). Multiple cooking demonstrations will be led by BCS (Black Culinarian Society) and Expedition Thailand. Stone soup will fill you up by Chef McCue during lunchtime as well. Professor Doug Miller and his Beverage Management class will provide a cash beverage bar of refreshing carbonated drinks. The day will finish with a buffet at the Student Mixer, hosted by Chef Roe, Chef Kowalski and Chef Nogales. The mixer will feature tastings of charcuterie, whole animal
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utilization, produce from the Farmer's Showcase and a cash beer bar hosted by the Brew Club. Students will have the opportunity to learn about many different aspects of what it means to be sustainable through the presentations, both in and out of class, which will be held throughout the week. Joan Gussow, the author of Growing Older: A Chronicle of Death, Life, and Vegetables, will be the host for most of these talks and the school will welcome our first poet, Gina Rae Foster. Even if you cannot make one event, there will be many others in which to participate. *Look at center spread to view the schedule of events for the Sustainability Conference. FOOD & BEVERAGE
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