I spoke to someone who used to work for Campus Housing, who said that the new dorms are a good start for fixing the problems in campus housing. Christian, who used to be a Resident Assistant on East Campus said that over the years UIC’s enrollment rate has gone up, yet there was not a increase in living spaces on our campus.
Before classes started campus housing had to order more beds for the the dorms, and place them in rooms that already has two beds in it, turning a two person cluster into a three person cluster. There was also a backlog of people who signed up to live in housing but had to be denied simply because there were’t enough spaces in any of the housing dorms including West campus, which has never been filled so quickly.
Christian Agbabiaka
There has been a lot of issues regarding campus housing over the past couple of years. Overcrowding being on of the main issues. There aren’t enough showers and bathrooms in the communal spaces, for the people that dorm in Commons West. The overcrowding can also be seen in the cafeteria. Even with the JST cafe just a couple blocks away on south campus, the east campus cafe has also seen the effects of the extra bodies on the east side of housing. With the New residence hall ARC there will also be a brand new Cafe as well which will be across the street from east campus, making it easier for students to go there if needed. Like I mentioned in my last Blog Post, UIC is working on their 10 year plan to revamp the university. Another thing they plan on doing is rebuilding the common area dorms (commons south, west and north) and they plan on rebuilding the Courtyard to meet their new vision of the university. So I guess you can say they are changing for the better!
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