Dear Editor,

If you’re like me and new to Syracuse University and the campus culture, you were introduced to a lot this summer in terms of what it means to live on campus.

This summer was an eye-opening experience for those who lived on South Campus about SU. It seems the theme for this summer was “limited.” What I noticed living on South Campus was the lack of, well, everything. It appears SU made blanketed attempts to meet the needs of whomever was here, and if you didn’t meet that criteria, you were on your own.

Many students, especially graduate students like myself with wacky schedules, did not have time to access the laundry room at the Goldstein Student Center. Hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week don’t work if you’re in class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And the laundry room, along with the entire student center, is closed on weekends over the summer.

The school should either provide access keys for students or equip housing units with washer and dryer sets.

There was also a limited amount of transportation to campus on weekends, inflexible lab hours, and a number of extra charges for amenities, such as cable.

The school needs to do a better job communicating to students what they should expect while utilizing summer housing. It wasn’t made very clear to me what to expect. It would have been nice to have been given an explicit letter or email as to what to prepare for, instead of finding out through my roommate or from fellow classmates.

I know I can’t be the first person to say this, but if I am, please do better.

Sincerely,

Camille Daniels

Graduate Student

Magazine, newspaper, and online journalism

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Published on September 3, 2019 at 8:16 pm