Convenience over closeness

STEPHANIE MORITZ SPORTS EDITOR

Living in the houses here at Cabrini is by far the best way to go. Independent living is a major concern with upperclassmen students and you can receive the whole experience in the houses.

First of all, if you live in the houses you don't have to worry about cleaning your bathroom or kitchen because you still have the cleaning service six days a week (toilet paper included). The apartments do not have a cleaning service, which means you and your roommates are responsible for cleaning your entire apartment, including the bathrooms. We all know ·whatthat might look like after a Saturday night here at Cabrini.

The next thing the houses allow is the opportunity to invite guests inside and outside of Cabrini for as long as you wish. How can the apartments be considered "independent" living if you have to sign each and every guest in and out of the apartment complex and monitor the number of quests you intend to invite?

The houses are a much different experience than the apartments. In the apartments, you are placed in a smaller atmosphere while living in the houses, which allows you to become much closer with the students surrounding you. This same experience can occur in the apartments, but you are more confined to three, four, or five people for a longer time and secluded from other students. The houses allow more doors to be open and more socialization to occur.

Smoking is another issue in the apartment complex. For those of you that do smoke, it's a great living,,_,,, 0 arrangement, but for those who do not then it can be somewhat of an annoyance when you constantly smell of smoke and have to run outside due to the fire alarm. The houses are smoke free. If you do smoke you just have to go outside. This way everyone is happy.