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The lowdown on SHU housing: how to make your decision
Courtney Perlee
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: News
According to Joel Quintong, "It's not where you live, it's who you live with."
But with housing decisions just around the corner, on April 14, students need to consider both who they will be living with and where. According to students, where are the best places to live on campus?
Senior Chris Aiuto now lives off campus, but lived in Roncalli Hall in his freshman and sophomore years. He prefers Roncalli Hall to any of the other resident hall because of the opportunity to interact with other students.
"It's more than a small suite with more than 20 people living there. There are students around all of the time. I met my housemates when I was living in East [Roncalli Hall]," said Aiuto.
Other students consider location to be a critical factor in deciding their housing situations. There are three non-freshman residential halls that are located on campus: Roncalli Hall, Scholars Commons, and Christian Witness Commons.
"Hands down, I would choose J-Hill [Scholars Commons]," said senior Jay Manzella, who lived there for one semester of his junior year. "It's out of the way of everything, but still on campus."
He also added that he liked the set-up of the apartments, with everything centered around the common room.
Sophomore Colleen Wall agreed with Manzella.
"I would want to live in Scholars Commons because it's the only option for a rising junior to stay on campus. Staying on campus would make life so much easier, plus I like the layout of Scholars Commons."
"To have apartment style housing that's also within walking distance of class, food and the Pitt is great," said Wall.
"I don't think I would want to live in Taft Commons. It is inconveniently far from actual campus, and it's not in that great of a neighborhood," said Aiuto.
Taft is a residential hall located across the street from Central High School, approximately three miles away from Sacred Heart campus. It offers apartment style housing with a community room
But with housing decisions just around the corner, on April 14, students need to consider both who they will be living with and where. According to students, where are the best places to live on campus?
Senior Chris Aiuto now lives off campus, but lived in Roncalli Hall in his freshman and sophomore years. He prefers Roncalli Hall to any of the other resident hall because of the opportunity to interact with other students.
"It's more than a small suite with more than 20 people living there. There are students around all of the time. I met my housemates when I was living in East [Roncalli Hall]," said Aiuto.
Other students consider location to be a critical factor in deciding their housing situations. There are three non-freshman residential halls that are located on campus: Roncalli Hall, Scholars Commons, and Christian Witness Commons.
"Hands down, I would choose J-Hill [Scholars Commons]," said senior Jay Manzella, who lived there for one semester of his junior year. "It's out of the way of everything, but still on campus."
He also added that he liked the set-up of the apartments, with everything centered around the common room.
Sophomore Colleen Wall agreed with Manzella.
"I would want to live in Scholars Commons because it's the only option for a rising junior to stay on campus. Staying on campus would make life so much easier, plus I like the layout of Scholars Commons."
"To have apartment style housing that's also within walking distance of class, food and the Pitt is great," said Wall.
"I don't think I would want to live in Taft Commons. It is inconveniently far from actual campus, and it's not in that great of a neighborhood," said Aiuto.
Taft is a residential hall located across the street from Central High School, approximately three miles away from Sacred Heart campus. It offers apartment style housing with a community room
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