Future dorm residents get a say in furniture choices
By: Andy Dierker
Issue date: 11/17/05 Section: News
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Buck was referring to the fact that all four vendors support custom orders; so if students like the drawers on the Adden model, but the height of the KI model, they could have KI add more drawers or Adden build their model taller. Because of this, students were encouraged to be very specific on what features they liked or disliked in the survey.
Jill Gillespie, a senior media communications major, said that she liked the new furniture choices.
"The furniture in (the dorms now) is just typical dorm furniture, not bad, not good," Gillespie said, who lived in the dorms previously. "Anything in this room would be better. It was just old."
Billy Ratz, an international relations graduate student, lived in the Webster Village Apartments for three years.
"(The new furniture) is very IKEA-ish," Ratz said. "(The old furniture's) been in there since at least 1998, since I've been here."
But the old dorms and the apartments still have a while to go before they see any of this new furniture, Buck said.
"It's just the new dorms (that will get this new furniture)," Buck said. "We're getting close to the end of the warranty cycle in the Village apartments and we're not too far away in Loretto Hall where we'll have to start replacing things.
"Generally speaking, our students aren't very rough on furniture," Buck said.
Buck said that most of the furniture in use would stay in use, and only the really beat up pieces would be replaced.
Once the information from the surveys is compiled, it will be presented to the Residence Hall Planning Committee, Buck said.
"We'll present it to them next Friday," Buck said. "We'll put in an order before Jan. 1."
Buck noted that the university is ahead of schedule and the furniture should be installed in the final phase of construction around June or July of next summer.
Jill Gillespie, a senior media communications major, said that she liked the new furniture choices.
"The furniture in (the dorms now) is just typical dorm furniture, not bad, not good," Gillespie said, who lived in the dorms previously. "Anything in this room would be better. It was just old."
Billy Ratz, an international relations graduate student, lived in the Webster Village Apartments for three years.
"(The new furniture) is very IKEA-ish," Ratz said. "(The old furniture's) been in there since at least 1998, since I've been here."
But the old dorms and the apartments still have a while to go before they see any of this new furniture, Buck said.
"It's just the new dorms (that will get this new furniture)," Buck said. "We're getting close to the end of the warranty cycle in the Village apartments and we're not too far away in Loretto Hall where we'll have to start replacing things.
"Generally speaking, our students aren't very rough on furniture," Buck said.
Buck said that most of the furniture in use would stay in use, and only the really beat up pieces would be replaced.
Once the information from the surveys is compiled, it will be presented to the Residence Hall Planning Committee, Buck said.
"We'll present it to them next Friday," Buck said. "We'll put in an order before Jan. 1."
Buck noted that the university is ahead of schedule and the furniture should be installed in the final phase of construction around June or July of next summer.
