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Friday, August 30, 2024 Volume LVI, Issue 2 Est. 1969
NEWS
Students move into Noyes and Fayette Houses despite ongoing construction Téa Tamburo News Editor On Aug. 21-25, second-year students could officially move into their housing assignments in the newly constructed Mary Chilton Noyes and John Sykes Fayette Houses in the South Residential Village. While students’ rooms are complete, both Noyes and Fayette’s exteriors and common spaces are still under construction through September, according to an email from the Office of University Housing. “The residential areas will be over 90% complete, with minor finishing touches remaining,” Vern Rogers, executive director of University Housing, said regarding the buildings’ statuses. “The multipurpose room, health clinic and staff offices will open shortly after.” Each room has an HVAC cooling system and in-room thermostat along with a bed, desk, chair, drawers and a wardrobe from New England Woodcraft. Each floor features a laundry room with three washers and dryers, study rooms and a kitchen. The majority of Noyes and Fayette rooms are doubles that share bathrooms with their floors. Differing from that of first-year housing, each bathroom contains a toilet and a shower with the sink outside. Floors are co-ed, and bathrooms do not have gender specifications. Fayette resident Courtenay McCartan feels the bathroom layout is not the most efficient. “Someone’s always showering. The floor is just always wet, but it’s okay and otherwise it’s really nice,” she said. “You can tell the appliances are new, you can tell the furniture is new.” Juliana Garza, a Fayette resident, highlighted the benefit of having air conditioning but felt there’s less privacy in Fayette compared to first-year housing. “I definitely enjoy that there’s air conditioning this year. That’s a huge plus, but it feels much less private than it did last year,” Garza said. “There’s just windows everywhere. I feel like everyone can see everything, especially like the bathrooms don’t have any sort of door, and they’re all co-ed.” Elizabeth Odife, a Fayette resident, also mentioned her frustration over the bathroom setup. “I feel like [the university] rushed these buildings so much that now, unfortunately, their priorities are all over the place,” she said. “My biggest complaint, honestly, is the communal bathrooms. Because while I’m fine with co-ed, I get jump-scared seeing a man there, no offense. My biggest issue is the fact that there’s like an inch of space between the curtain and the floor, so that leads to water going everywhere.” Continue reading on page 2
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