HOSTEL This year, for the first time, URI has a house in which commuters and other people connected with the University can spend the night on campus. This house, located on Rt. 138 by the tennis courts is called the URI Hostel. As the only hostel in the state of Rhode
Island, the house fits eighteen people a night and the occupancy averages about twenty people a week, proving the need of such a service at URI. The Hostel eliminates the inconvenience of commuting home at night after a party or
late-night studying in the library. This house makes social events on campus much more commuters, w hich in turn helps to break down any sort of alienation which might exist between commuters and residents. The Hostel is also used by friends of residents who wish to stay overnight at URI. During the winter semester break, the house was used by the basketball team for a meeting. The rates are fifty cents a night with a sleeping bag and seventy-five cents a night for a bed. This money goes to maintenance of the Hostel such as repairs, electricity, and heat. Maurice and Sue Tougas are the live-in couple at the Hostel at the University of Rhode Island. It is a homey atmosphere with two white rabbits and a dog in the back yard. open to
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