Residential Life revamped the room draw process for spring 2011, but not all students appreciated the change.
Loyola students placed their requests, and went through the process of getting into their room of choice or “squatting” for the room they currently have. For many students this has been a smooth transition, but for others, a process that still needs tweaking.
Many students gave different opinions when asked how they felt about the new room draw process and how they were affected by it.
Some students had no problem with the process. “Yes, it was simple. I’m a freshman, so I was pretty new to this, and they made it easy. I was able to choose my roommate and we got our room assignment,” said Elizabeth Otto, general studies freshman.
Some students chose to squat, or stay in their current room, as marketing junior Sasha Poche did.
“Room draw went well for me. My current roommates and I decided to squat out of the process and keep our room. We didn’t want to risk not getting anything better,” Poche said.
Various students had the same concerns about choosing to keep their room or trying for another room placement.
Sasha said, “I don’t really like it because it made it seem like your best option would be to squat rather than get something worse. There’s a chance that it won’t be the way you want it.”
The changes to the room selection process raised concerns as well, especially for those who tried to live in Carrollton Hall, the upperclassman residential building.
“I feel like some people who deserve to live in Carrollton weren’t able to because of people’s choice to squat. I’d rather the old process because it seemed to be based more on merit,” said Roderick Johnson, general studies sophomore.
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