According to Amy McCormack, Senior Vice President for Administration and Business Affairs (at the last SGA meeting), on the Campus Master Plan; the housing situation will be alleviated through a new residence hall between 2012-2015. It's the third phase of the master plan and currently, the plan is in its updating phase (2008-2013). With Parmer Hall being a big part of the previous 5-year plan, the university is looking at what is the next step for the next five years. McCormack said that housing will be dealt with on a long-term and short-term basis; but with the housing shortage now - McCormack understands that the plan for housing "needs to be accelerated."
Since I'm a senior, this won't affect me and I'm glad I was able to get to live on the Main Campus during my four years here. But for freshmen, sophomores and juniors who plan to be residents next year and after that - the housing situation will only get worse. That's the way I see it. I mean, there are only so many options that are already available - how far can we stretch the available space on campus for rooms? Will the Bon Villa apartments become more successful over time?
This, of course, will all depend on future incoming classes and how many freshmen want to be residents...
This year's freshman class is the biggest yet. While this may be a good sign for university growth, it doesn't bode well for guaranteed housing on campus.
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