Issue date: 9/14/06 Section: Opinion

Beep! Beep! Beep! Its 7:00 a.m., and its time to wake up for many of the still dormless River Terrace students that have 8 a.m. classes. Where ordinary students might wake up between fifteen minutes to a half-hour before a class to make it on time, the River Terrace students that are still situated at the Sheraton in Weehawken, NJ have to be up in time to catch the 7:30 shuttle to campus.
Only one laundry machine has been made available to the students, meaning that its always in use. Instead, many of the residents are bringing their clothes on the shuttle with them back to campus and sitting around doing laundry -- between the commute time and the time it takes to do laundry, this can take the better part of a day.
Some students were promised that they would be tripled up on campus, only to be told that they "elected" to live at the hotel. I am one of these students and can assure you that I did not elect to live off-campus at any point.
There's no where to eat at the Sheraton that is inexpensive for students on a budget. Instead, residents must take a trip back on the shuttle to campus to use their meal plans and then shuttle back once again to the hotel.
So now the residents are inconveniently using their meal plans on campus. However, the Office of Residence Life offered reduced 60-meal programs to students living in River Terrace, since the apartments are to come equipped with a full kitchen. Many students are running out of meals!
When I run out of meals, I fully expect Hal to let me eat dinner at his place.

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