Dorms, apartments get new look

by Jennifer Nespoli features editor

Campus was anything but quiet over the summer. It was alive with activity as workers completed renovations in Woodcrest, Xavier and many other places.

The new renovations include new carpeting, tiling and a new roof in Woodcrest, the newly redecorated dining hall and the newly repaved road leading to Upper Gulph road. Also, all dorm rooms were wired for Internet access on the college's server.

This year's changes are similar to changes made every summer, according to Dr. Bob Bonfiglio, vice president for student development. These changes were not the reason for this year's tuition increase.

The card access system in the apartment complex is not new this semester, but it is different from the code boxes that the other dorms have. Eventually this system will replace code boxes on the rest of the dorms on campus.

The two resident assistants in the apartment complex are pleased with the ID card system.

"I feel safer without the code system. Anybody can tell anybody the code, but now they need the card to get in," said senior Yolanda Lazier.

Michelle Schaeffler agreed. "The ID card system is better, faster and more convenient," said Tammy Gowans, a senior and a resident in the apartment complex. "This eliminates the problem of forgetting the code."

Woodcrest received a makeover inside and out. New beige tiles replaced carpeting in the dorm rooms. There is new furniture in the dorm rooms, new lights and the walls received a new paint job.

"I think Woodcrest looks fantastic,'' Bonfiglio said.

Sophomores Shannon Broadhurst and Kelly Marshall are im- pressed with the changes. "It makes it easier to move furniture around the room," said Broadhurst of the new tiling in the dorm rooms. "We heard that this is a lot better than it was last year."