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Housing expects another building to be constructed in the Village within the next year
photos by Steve Standridge
The 8000 building is one of two buildings in the Village with
three floors. It has a capacity of 48 residents.
Anthony Strayer and Lee Cutchall relax in their living room
The walkway and
concourse of the
8000 building. The
proposed new
building could either
have two or three
floors. Each floor
houses 16 residents
Four students live
together in each
apartment and each
student has his or
her own room.
Apartments are
pre-furnished and
include a washer
and dryer.
Housing and Food Services expects to begin construction on a ninth building
for on-campus housing within the next year, according to department sources.
The department is waiting for Auxiliary Services at University Park to approve
the project but could not give an exact date as to when this will happen.
Jo Ann Coleman, director of Housing and Food Services, said funding for the
additional building would most likely come from leftover money that was not
used when the original eight buildings of the Village were constructed.
Construction for the eight buildings cost the University about $l7 million and
Coleman said the cost for the new unit would be about the same, a little over $2
million.
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Room and board fees at
Penn State Harrisburg should remain around $2,215 per semester, regardless of
how much the new building costs.
The Village currently houses 292 students and a new building would boost the
occupancy by at least 32 students, depending on whether or not a third floor is
added. A third floor would allow room for 16 additional residents.
Penn State Harrisburg currently has land for six more buildings. Coleman said
the school expects to build one of them within the next year. If all six buildings
were constructed, the Village would have a maximum occupancy of just under
500 students.
Coleman said that the new building may not be an exact replica of the other
eight. This is because Penn State Harrisburg has plans to expand into a four-year
university next fall.
"When we built [these buildings], we had in mind upper classmen," said
Coleman. "Now we have to ask ourselves, 'ls our housing conducive to fresh
men?'"
But even with these considerations, Coleman does not foresee any major
changes. She said that the freshmen currently living in the Village are not expe
riencing any major difficulties.
"I really don't have a problem with how it is now," Coleman said.
Many students, freshmen and upperclassmen alike, agree with her assessment.
Kevin Snyder, an information sciences and technology transfer student from
Penn State Mont Alto, said he was happy with the housing offered at Penn State
Harrisburg.
"I like having my own room," said Snyder. "It's a lot better than most dorms.
The rooms in general are a lot more spacious. The kitchen is great. Short of a
dishwasher, everything is perfect [in the kitchen]."
Snyder said the rules residents must follow are reasonable for the most part and
he liked the fact that the rooms are furnished.
But Student Government Association President, Lee Cutchall, said that the
soundproofing in the buildings is poor.
"I lived under FMJ last year and basically didn't get any sleep."
FMJ is a resident that, Cutchall said, is notorious for playing loud music late at
night. Cutchall believes the soundproofing was hurt because the contractors had
to rush to meet the August 2002 deadline.
Snyder agreed that the walls are thin. "I think they could have done a little bet
ter job on the construction. The walls are flimsy and sound travels through
them," Snyder said.
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By PETER STRELLA
Editor in Chief