New hall brings new living options for residents

LAURA VAN DE PETTE STAFF WRITER

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The fall semester of 2006 will provide 120 resident students with an additional housing option that will be a cross between New Residence Hall and Cabrini Apartment Complex.

In recent years, Cabrini’s retention rate, the number of students staying at Cabrini from freshmen year to graduation, has increased, making housing more difficult every year. Last year, Residence Life even offered seniors housing at nearby Harcum College, but this option only angered seniors and forced them to consider off-campus housing at local apartment complexes. To stop this trend from continuing, Cabrini has new housing plans that will please current sophomores and freshmen.

Jessica Boettger, a sophomore early childhood and elementary education major, said, “I am thrilled about having a new housing option because it will alleviate the pressure of trying to find an off-campus apartment my senior year.”

As construction on the highly anticipated Science Education and Technology building is completed, Cabrini will begin another construction project on the new hall. Residence Life is currently completing construction drawings and plans to break ground for the new hall in early spring 2005.

Kevin Quinn, a sophomore biology and pre-med major, said, “The new hall will be more convenient as many students do not want to move off-campus. The hall also proves that Residence Life and Student Development listened to students’concerns about housing and responded with a solution.”

The new building will be built on the west side of campus, between the Cabrini Apartment Complex and house seven.The present driveway in front of the CAC will be relocated to pass behind the apartments and the new hall.

The rooms in the new hall will be configured as five- or six-person suites, with each suite consisting of a mix of double and single rooms, a shared bath and a small living room area.The building will also contain common area lounges, kitchens and laundry facilities. Dr. Christine Lysionek, vice president of Student Development, said, “This configuration is intended to complement and extend the variety of on-campus living options available for students.”

The idea of more housing options has resident students excited. Brittany Liberatore, a freshman English and Communications major, said, “I live in New Res and the building is terrific. Knowing that I can live in a similar building my junior year is comforting. I love Cabrini’s

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Although students are open to the idea of a new hall, students need to be aware of construction noise and dust that will be right outside the windows of house seven and the CAC residents. Lysionek said, “Every construction project involves a degree of noise, dust and inconvenience to those living in proximity to the construction. However, students interested in apartment or house assignments next year should make those requests with a clear understanding that construction noise will be a ‘fact of life’ on the west side of the campus.”

Dan DeRosa, a freshman business major, said, “Next year I’ll be a sophomore and I’ll probably live near the construction and have to deal with the noise, but it will be worth it. Knowing that I will have the option to live in a brand new building as a junior will make me more patient when it comes to dealing with the construction.”

Residence Life has implemented a housing rate system in which students living in Woodcrest pay less than students living in New Res. Matt Triboletti, a freshman exercise science and health promotion major, said, “If Cabrini is improving life for its residents then students should be open to the new hall regardless of an increased housing rate. I would definitely choose to live

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