Spring Break
ResLife announces changes to housing policy
By: Jason Weidner
Issue date: 3/25/09 Section: News
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Some of the changes include all Commons dorms, except Mosher Hall, will become co-ed dorms by suite, meaning students of the same gender will share a bathroom; McFadden and Lechner Halls will be freshmen honors halls; washers and dryers will no longer be coin-operated because their cost will be included in dorm rent; and Moses Hall will be for incoming freshmen only.
Assistant Director of Resident Life Jeff Wilson said A&M policy requires residents of a dorm be offered the option to stay in that dorm even if the Department of Resident Life changes who lives there. This means a migration of students could take up to three years for any given hall.
Wilson said the freshmen-only honors halls are needed for changes in the policy identifying incoming freshmen as honors students.
Edward Funkhouser, executive director of the Honors Program, said "Traditionally honors housing was only available to incoming freshmen who received scholarships from the University." After a policy change, all honors eligible freshmen will have the option to stay in honors halls regardless of their scholarship status.
Wilson said rental rates have yet to be determined by the Board of Regents, but expects them to increase by as much as 3 percent.
Though a portion of the increase can be attributed to including laundry costs in the rent, Wilson said it's not the sole reason. "I'd also like to dismiss the rumor that rates on the laundry facilities are being increased and hidden within next year's rent," Wilson said.
Wilson said the University pays for dorm construction by getting a 20-year bond.
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