Nicholas Towers 301 S. PUGH ST. his mess has been here all weekend." "Where is the maintenance iff?" is a question many Nicholas Tower residents ask themselves week. ;y Kim's (senior-marketing) No. 1 reason why she hates Nicholas is the maintenance. :o agrees with Kim, adding that the maintenance service is a month per person and we have to wait three weeks for :o come and fix something in our apartment," Joe Fiazzo ice) said. 3 (junior-communication arts and sciences) said The ore, who owns the building, is difficult to work with. •n close to campus keeps Kim at Nicholas Towers, r the balcony, and Onorato said his unit is nHfend ete with a breakfast bar and flfh stools, mm ligh stools," Onorato said. ■ mm A izing. I added that everyone gets their own room. But of the rers, he said. it the building has only one elevator, which frequently having to take the garbage out of the building. She £ "This is the best part of the building," John Amenta £ (junior-computer science) said while pointing to the lock £ on the front door. "No one can get in without a key." £ Brian Avison (sophomore-engineering) said the buzz-in £ system is awesome and also keeps him safe from intruders who want to come into the building. The downside to the building, Avison said, is that some people at The Collegian have balconies, while others, like himself, do not. It’s also kind of far from campus, Amenta said. ing) said Omar Dimashki (junior-mechanical engineering) disagrees, saying the apartments are amazing, and everything is included into the reasonable rent Dan Laurie said he loves how new and spacious the apartments are. But the biggest upside, like most of the other apartment buildings downtown, is the location to campus. It is very convenient to get to class, Rash said While there are many upsides to the Palmerton, it also has its downsides. Anyone can just walk into the building and go anywhere they want, Laurie said. Dimashki is more concerned with the lack of garbage disposal than anything else. "There isn’t a trash chute on every floor," Dimashki said. "You have to walk all the way down with your garbage to the dumpster outside." The Graduate *. atherton st. Students agree The Graduate offers a location close to campus. Resident Jason Leroy (senior-information sciences and technology) said he likes that the location is conveniently down the street from the IST building. Tom Kaliszewski said he likes that the building has its own convenience store, Boots. But Kaliszewski (junior-accounting) also said the building can get loud on weekends, especially with a fire station directly across the street. Lorey agreed with the noise problem. "It’s a really sociable building, which can work against you if you want to do your work," he said. The Collegian 217 S. ATHERTON ST. The Palmerton 3*6 w. beaver ave. The Palmerton is a nice building, and with nice buildings come high rent prices, Tim Rash (junior-mechanical engineer-
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